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Archaeologists uncover a 'wonderful' 1-inch penis pendant at a Roman fort in Northumberland - and say it was probably a good luck charm for a soldier
Daily Mail UK ^ | April 30 2025 | Jonathan Chadwick

Posted on 05/06/2025 4:37:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

At Vindolanda, small, portable phalli made of bone or metal were commonly worn as pendants around the neck, to ward off evil and aid fertility.

According to experts, this particular object's smooth surface suggests the owner touched it often for good luck...

Vindolanda Charitable Trust posted the find to its Facebook page, where it was met with some hilarious comments...

It is now at an on-site laboratory where it will be cleaned before going being researched further and going on public display at Vindolanda in 2026.

Just under an inch (2.5cm) in length, the phallic charm was constructed out of jet, a dark, semi-precious gemstone.

Jet became increasingly common as a material used for jewellery from the early third century onwards, according to Dr Birley...

Vindolanda Roman Fort was under Roman occupation roughly between 85 AD and 370 AD, archaeological excavations already show.

We also know that phallic symbols were used widely across the Roman Empire as a way to protect against bad luck and ward off evil...

Small phalli carved from bone or crafted from metal were commonly worn as pedants, while homes were often decorated with frescoes or mosaics featuring phalli...

Previously, archaeologists found a handwritten birthday invitation at Vindolanda where one woman invited her 'dearest sister' to join her...

In 2006, a richly-decorated silver brooch featuring the figure of Mars was found.

It belonged to Quintus Sollonius, a Gaul, whose name was inscribed on the brooch.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; quintus; roaminempire; romanempire; vindolanda

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1 posted on 05/06/2025 4:37:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 05/06/2025 4:38:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

No wonder Rome fell.


3 posted on 05/06/2025 4:42:34 AM PDT by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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To: Track9

This had absolutely nothing to do with it, any more than it had any other magical powers.


4 posted on 05/06/2025 4:43:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I know. Just being corny.


5 posted on 05/06/2025 4:48:03 AM PDT by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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To: SunkenCiv

So Quintis had a tiny weenie?

L


6 posted on 05/06/2025 4:49:56 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

There’s nothing lucky about a one incher.


7 posted on 05/06/2025 4:55:40 AM PDT by trad_anglican
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To: SunkenCiv

Like shrunken heads, did they used to preserve...?


8 posted on 05/06/2025 4:56:29 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Lurker; Track9; Fai Mao

Quintus Sollonius had the silver brooch (I think there’s a topic from early in that list above, but got lazy and didn’t check).

But it sounds like every man woman and child had one of these. There was a huge factory for them in Smegmopolis.


9 posted on 05/06/2025 4:57:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

100’s of years from now, archeologists will keep finding gold plated mink penises among the belongings of ancient humans. I’m sure they will be considered “wonderful” as well.


10 posted on 05/06/2025 4:58:35 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Lurker

Bigus Dickus.


11 posted on 05/06/2025 4:59:16 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: SunkenCiv

A Roman sweatshop.


12 posted on 05/06/2025 4:59:51 AM PDT by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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To: Track9
No wonder Rome fell.

Did Rome fall, or did it recede and drop?

13 posted on 05/06/2025 5:10:55 AM PDT by 70times7 (Serving Free Republic's warped and obscure humor needs since 1999)
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To: SunkenCiv

having children was so important to ancient man that they would wear penis necklaces around their necks!

And yet today.. most murder their babies.


14 posted on 05/06/2025 5:12:59 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Lurker

It is so cold and damp in that part of the world, they probably never got any bigger…🥶


15 posted on 05/06/2025 5:13:11 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: dljordan
Bigus Dickus

1 inch is more like Tinyius Schwantzus.

16 posted on 05/06/2025 5:25:36 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: SunkenCiv

ICWYDT

Funny


17 posted on 05/06/2025 5:25:45 AM PDT by VMI70 (My Goal in Life is to be the Kind of Person My Dog Thinks I Am)
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To: SunkenCiv
In before Monty Python and Biggus Dickus.
18 posted on 05/06/2025 5:26:22 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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There was a huge factory for them in Smegmopolis.

OK, Lister.

19 posted on 05/06/2025 5:30:00 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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Maybe it wasn’t a good luck charm, maybe it was just an award given him by his fellow soldiers for being such a...dick.


20 posted on 05/06/2025 5:33:45 AM PDT by Mastador1
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