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Unique bas relief plaque
- Title
- Unique bas relief plaque.
- Format
- Realia
- Published
- 3rd - 1st c. B.C.
- Description
- 2 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 1" d.
- Notes
- ISR 987. Bernard Bothmer believes this to be part of a larger composition. Several groups in a row. Helenistic, Ptolomeic period.
- Summary
- An unusual bas relief plaque with an ithyphallic male to the left and a couple to the right. The couple is involved in coitus.
- Kinsey subjects
- Phallus cults--Egypt--Antiquity. Coitus. Mythological motif.