File:Musée Picardie Archéo 03.jpg
Summary
Bronze statuette possibly of the Roman fertility god <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Priapus" class="mw-redirect" title="Priapus">Priapus</a>, made in two parts (shown here in assembled and disassembled forms). This statuette has been dated to the late 1st century C.E. It was found in Rivery, in Picardy, France in 1771 and is the oldest Gallo-Roman object in the collection of the Museum of Picardy. This figurine represents the deity clothed in a "cuculus", a Gallic coat with hood, and may be an example of the Genii cucullati. This upper section is detachable and conceals a phallus.
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| current | 00:56, 7 January 2017 | | 2,268 × 1,989 (1.51 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Bronze statuette possibly of the Roman fertility god <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Priapus" class="mw-redirect" title="Priapus">Priapus</a>, made in two parts (shown here in assembled and disassembled forms). This statuette has been dated to the late 1st century C.E. It was found in Rivery, in Picardy, France in 1771 and is the oldest Gallo-Roman object in the collection of the Museum of Picardy. This figurine represents the deity clothed in a "cuculus", a Gallic coat with hood, and may be an example of the <i>Genii cucullati</i>. This upper section is detachable and conceals a phallus. |
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