Face necklace bronze by Mrs. Wendy Thompson, a “treasure hunter” found by amateurs looking for metal on a farm in Higham, Kent. It was in the shape of a penis, very elaborately crafted.
Follow Ancient Origins, shortly after finding the pendant, Mrs. Thompson immediately recognized it must be valuable, estimated to be 2,000 years old, and immediately contacted the British Museum.
“National treasure” makes England blush – Photo: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
The British Museum describes the pendant, measuring 3cm long, weighing 9.7g, as a body part crafted to perfection. It has just been listed as a national treasure 18 months after it was discovered.
According to the examination results, the pendant is dated from about AD 43 to 410, the period when England was under Roman occupation. This is a treasure belonging to the Romans.
Mrs. Wendy Thompson – Photo provided by the character
In Greco-Roman culture, the phallic symbol carries the power of regeneration, fertility and the power to rule. For an empire concerned with territorial expansion, the sex symbol also meant oppression from the empire’s men against the weaker subjects – women, girls. , boys, male slaves.
The same symbol was found on a stone slab – Photo: Highways England
This symbol – collectively referred to as “phallic symbol” – so popular that it was associated with the worship of male gods such as Dionysus and Hephaestus; as well as being seen as a good luck charm, warding off evil, common in mosaics and tiles throughout the ruins of the empire regime.
However, because time has passed a long time and there were many socio-political changes taking place in the UK at that time, the number of phallic artifacts unearthed is quite small, only 451 pieces belonging to the Roman period have been found. found in the UK. A well-preserved artifact like a “national treasure” that Mrs. Thompson found is even more valuable.
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