Faience figurine of a small man, naked except for a broad collar in low relief. The hair and beard are picked out in black.He is seated with flexed knees on a phallic stump with an elongated phallus falling to his ankles.The figure is pierced through the ears and behind the neck and would probably have been worn around the neck. Such erotica were fairly common in Ptolemaic times.
Present location |
LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL |
Inventory number |
1993.75 |
Dating |
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD |
Archaeological Site |
UNKNOWN |
Category |
EROTIC FIGURINE |
Material |
FAIENCE |
Technique |
FAYENCE |
Height |
6.8 cm |