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English: An almost complete copper alloy probable amulet or 'tintinabulum', probably dating to the Roman period. The object depicts a winged phallus. The shaft is rectangular in plan and triangular in section, broken at one end, which narrows in width before terminating in a slightly expanded, rounded head with moulded glans detail. The wings extend either side of the shaft, with a rounded top, tapering to a point almost in line with the end of the shaft. The top of the wings are decorated with sets of incised vertical lines with a row of incised pellets between to form feather detail. On the underside of the shaft are two projecting worn and broken rectangular sectioned tabs which are likely to have formed a loop for suspension.

The object has a dark brown patina and the surface appears to have been coated with three different coloured material, possibly paint. The material is a buff colour, a mid green and a bright blue. The colours overlap and don't appear to be confined to any one part of the object.

The shaft measures 43.6mm in length and 5.2mm in thickness. It measures 7.7mm in width at the break, 6.3mm just before the glans and 7.9mm at the glans. The wings are 23.6mm in width, 21.3mm in legnth and 2.5mm in thickness. Including the wings, glans and attachment loop, the object measures 14.2mm in thickness and weighs 14.29g.