Caption

Votive offering in the form of a phallus, votive offering, phalluses, 332–30 BC, Hellenistic period; Etruria, Caere; height 6 cm, width 15 cm, depth 6 cm, length 15.3 cm, weight 0.21 kg., A horizontal, elongated object resembling a worn vessel lies against a plain gray background; the object has a rounded narrow end with a small hollow and a wider, slightly irregular opposite end with a rough, textured rim. The surface is predominantly a light beige or tan color with scattered darker brown and gray speckles, scratch-like markings, and patches of darker brown near the wider end. Shadows beneath the object create a subtle darker gray outline on the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A02_456

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.7Mb (1.7Mb) / 20.0in x 9.5in / 6000 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

Votive offering form phallus votive offering phalluses 332–30 Bc Hellenistic period Etruria Caere height 6 cm width 15 cm depth 6 cm length 15.3 cm weight 0.21 kg horizontal elongated object resembling worn vessel lies plain gray background object rounded narrow small hollow wider slightly irregular opposite rough textured rim surface predominantly light beige tan color scattered darker brown gray speckles scratch- markings patches near Shadows beneath object create subtle gray outline background.