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418 - Roman Military Horse Phallic Pendant
Roman
DATE Unknown
AUTHOR Unknown (Roman) Italy
MEDIA Bronze
SIZE Unknown
LOCATION Holland - Nijmegen Museum
NOTES These amulets, hanging from the horse's harness, where used to ward off evil and increase a soldiers strength in battle. The phallus (male genitals) represented masculinity and virility in Ancient Rome.
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