Praesfascinandae res: four new phallic amulets from the north of the Tarraconensis province (Cinco Villas de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain)

Authors

  • JAVIER ANDREU PINTADO UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA
  • ANE URRIZBURU JÁUREGUI UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21071/aac.v30i.12444

Keywords:

Fascinatio, amulet, fascinum, Roman gold, Roman religion, evil eye

Abstract

The following paper presents a phallic amulet in gold, fascinum, figuring a phalus and a digitus impudicus discovered at the archaeological excavations at Los Bañales de Uncastillo (Zaragoza, Spain) in July 2018. Also three more bronze fascina from the same territory are presented in a brief note. The selected objects are studied and clasified in terms of tipology and its presentation and study are connected with a vindication of the utility which those objects –usually forgotten by scholars– actually have for a better understanding of popular religiosity in Roman times.

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Published

2019-12-15

How to Cite

ANDREU PINTADO, J., & URRIZBURU JÁUREGUI, A. (2019). Praesfascinandae res: four new phallic amulets from the north of the Tarraconensis province (Cinco Villas de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain). Anales De Arquelogía Cordobesa, 30, 319–332. https://doi.org/10.21071/aac.v30i.12444

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