Bronze amulet with horses' hooves and mounted by a woman, Graeco-Roman, 100 BCE-400 CE
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Made from bronze, this amulet shows a woman straddling across a phallus with horses’ hooves. Phallic-shaped amulets were popularly worn as symbols of fertility and strength. They were essentially good luck charms. An amulet was, and for many people still is, believed to have magical and spiritual powers, bringing good fortune and good health and protecting against bad luck, which includes disease and sickness.
Object number:
A97578
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Glossary: amulet
Small object or piece of jewellery worn as a protecting charm to ward off ill health and bad luck.
Glossary: fertility
The natural capacity to give birth.
Glossary: phallus
An object shaped like a penis