June 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
February 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#PhallusThursday - Phallus shrine from Pompeii, dated 1st century AD.
Naples National Archaeological Museum, Italy.
Naples National Archaeological Museum, Italy.
January 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#PhallusThursday - Phallus shrine from Pompeii, dated 1st century AD.
Naples National Archaeological Museum, Italy.
Naples National Archaeological Museum, Italy.
#MosaicMonday (and perhaps #PhallusThursday?).
Enjoying the holiday, a mosaic of an idealised image of the Nile Valley during the flood season, with everyone having raucous good fun. Second century CE, Rome (Museo Nazionale Romano) 🏺 #AncientBluesky #Egyptology
September 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
#MosaicMonday (and perhaps #PhallusThursday?).
One for #PhallusThursday: a #Roman phallus pendant found in Welzheim. Roman phallic symbols were thought to ward off any evil.
So schützten sich die Römer: Phallusanhänger sollten vor jeglichem Übel schützen. Sie finden sich häufig im Kontext der römischen Reiterei, wo sie am Pferdegeschirr befestigt wurden.
Aus Welzheim, 2./3. Jh. n. Chr.
Mehr Infos: www.limesmuseum.de/digitale-sam...
#PhallusThursday 🏺
Aus Welzheim, 2./3. Jh. n. Chr.
Mehr Infos: www.limesmuseum.de/digitale-sam...
#PhallusThursday 🏺
April 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
One for #PhallusThursday: a #Roman phallus pendant found in Welzheim. Roman phallic symbols were thought to ward off any evil.
An apotropaic phallus carved into the floor of the headquarters building of Chesters Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall - so cool it merits a double hashtag. #RomanFortThursday #PhallusThursday
May 14, 2026 at 10:01 AM
An apotropaic phallus carved into the floor of the headquarters building of Chesters Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall - so cool it merits a double hashtag. #RomanFortThursday #PhallusThursday
And of course, this is just in time for #phallusthursday. Oh, those wacky satyrs …
#BritishMuseum
📸 me
#BritishMuseum
📸 me
I’m mildly obsessed with kalos inscriptions. Here’s a favorite Greek psykter - I mean, how could you not be amused? - with a kalos inscriptions to a person named Aristolas:
ΑΡΙΣΤΑΛΟPΑΣ KAΛΟΣ, 'Άρισταλόρας καλός (Aristolas Kalos, 'Aristolas is beautiful'). 🏺
ΑΡΙΣΤΑΛΟPΑΣ KAΛΟΣ, 'Άρισταλόρας καλός (Aristolas Kalos, 'Aristolas is beautiful'). 🏺
March 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
And of course, this is just in time for #phallusthursday. Oh, those wacky satyrs …
#BritishMuseum
📸 me
#BritishMuseum
📸 me
February 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
" Down! Bad Dog!" 🤣👀
Phallus, Ancient #Roman relief. #Ephesus Archaeological Museum.
#PhallusThursday
#Art #History
Phallus, Ancient #Roman relief. #Ephesus Archaeological Museum.
#PhallusThursday
#Art #History
June 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
" Down! Bad Dog!" 🤣👀
Phallus, Ancient #Roman relief. #Ephesus Archaeological Museum.
#PhallusThursday
#Art #History
Phallus, Ancient #Roman relief. #Ephesus Archaeological Museum.
#PhallusThursday
#Art #History
December 5, 2024 at 7:06 PM
It’s, ahem, #PhallusThursday and this satyr better watch out: a hungry rabbit has spied what he thinks is a crispy carrot to chew on…
November 28, 2024 at 9:11 AM
It’s, ahem, #PhallusThursday and this satyr better watch out: a hungry rabbit has spied what he thinks is a crispy carrot to chew on…
Double whammy for #PhallusThursday & #RomanFortThursday...
Lovely clear stone carving on display at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum. The phallus proudly takes centre stage, protecting the garrison from evil!
#romanbritain #romanmilitary #hadrianswall #vindolanda #archaeology
Lovely clear stone carving on display at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum. The phallus proudly takes centre stage, protecting the garrison from evil!
#romanbritain #romanmilitary #hadrianswall #vindolanda #archaeology
June 11, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Double whammy for #PhallusThursday & #RomanFortThursday...
Lovely clear stone carving on display at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum. The phallus proudly takes centre stage, protecting the garrison from evil!
#romanbritain #romanmilitary #hadrianswall #vindolanda #archaeology
Lovely clear stone carving on display at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum. The phallus proudly takes centre stage, protecting the garrison from evil!
#romanbritain #romanmilitary #hadrianswall #vindolanda #archaeology
For #PhallusThursday one of the oldest depictions of a phallus, carved out of very fine-grained siltstone some 30,000 years ago.
According to the museum's label "apart from its purely symbolic meaning different uses are conceivable." 🤔
On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren.
📷 me
According to the museum's label "apart from its purely symbolic meaning different uses are conceivable." 🤔
On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren.
📷 me
June 18, 2026 at 8:33 AM
For #PhallusThursday one of the oldest depictions of a phallus, carved out of very fine-grained siltstone some 30,000 years ago.
According to the museum's label "apart from its purely symbolic meaning different uses are conceivable." 🤔
On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren.
📷 me
According to the museum's label "apart from its purely symbolic meaning different uses are conceivable." 🤔
On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren.
📷 me
March 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Oh yay! #PhallusThursday has made it to BlueSky!
We’re not saying you definitely need to visit Delos, but we’re not not saying that either 😉
Happy #PhallusThursday to all those who celebrate 🥳
#AncientBluesky🏺
Happy #PhallusThursday to all those who celebrate 🥳
#AncientBluesky🏺
April 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Oh yay! #PhallusThursday has made it to BlueSky!
March 19, 2026 at 6:35 AM
November 28, 2024 at 1:38 PM
A rare #PhallusThursday from me! Channelling the positive with a 'lucky phallus' from a Bakery at #Pompeii (VI.6.17). The inscription (CIL IV 1454) "HIC HABITAT FELICITAS means 'Happiness dwells here'. 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (27741). Link - mann-napoli.it/gabinetto-se...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (27741). Link - mann-napoli.it/gabinetto-se...
June 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A rare #PhallusThursday from me! Channelling the positive with a 'lucky phallus' from a Bakery at #Pompeii (VI.6.17). The inscription (CIL IV 1454) "HIC HABITAT FELICITAS means 'Happiness dwells here'. 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (27741). Link - mann-napoli.it/gabinetto-se...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (27741). Link - mann-napoli.it/gabinetto-se...
✨Happiness lives here✨
This #PhallusThursday we take a swing by Pompeii. This relief is inscribed with the phrase ,“hic habitat felicitas”, which translates as “happiness lives here”. In its original context, this upright message adorned the entrance to a bakery in Pompeii.
This #PhallusThursday we take a swing by Pompeii. This relief is inscribed with the phrase ,“hic habitat felicitas”, which translates as “happiness lives here”. In its original context, this upright message adorned the entrance to a bakery in Pompeii.
April 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
✨Happiness lives here✨
This #PhallusThursday we take a swing by Pompeii. This relief is inscribed with the phrase ,“hic habitat felicitas”, which translates as “happiness lives here”. In its original context, this upright message adorned the entrance to a bakery in Pompeii.
This #PhallusThursday we take a swing by Pompeii. This relief is inscribed with the phrase ,“hic habitat felicitas”, which translates as “happiness lives here”. In its original context, this upright message adorned the entrance to a bakery in Pompeii.
I haven't done a #PhallusThursday post in a while, so here's an Athenian amphora, ca. Late 6th Century BC, showing an ithyphallic Satyr flanked by a pair of Sphinxes. Attributed to the 'Pointed Nose Painter'. 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (E862). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
Image: Louvre Collections (E862). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I haven't done a #PhallusThursday post in a while, so here's an Athenian amphora, ca. Late 6th Century BC, showing an ithyphallic Satyr flanked by a pair of Sphinxes. Attributed to the 'Pointed Nose Painter'. 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (E862). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
Image: Louvre Collections (E862). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
For #PhallusThursday, a splendid statue of Emperor Valerian found at Boubon, now in Burdur Museum.
December 12, 2024 at 11:19 AM
For #PhallusThursday, a splendid statue of Emperor Valerian found at Boubon, now in Burdur Museum.
I think #TraitorsUK stole Dionysos phalloi from Delos for a late #PhallusThursday 😉
January 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I think #TraitorsUK stole Dionysos phalloi from Delos for a late #PhallusThursday 😉
November 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
I don't often whip out a #PhallusThursday these days, but as @partialhistorians.bsky.social did, here's an incised graffito of an ithyphallic Satyr on the Reverse of a Gorgoneion from Magna Graecia, ca. 525-475 BC. 🏺
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art (1994.8). Link - clevelandart.org/art/1994.8
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art (1994.8). Link - clevelandart.org/art/1994.8
August 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I don't often whip out a #PhallusThursday these days, but as @partialhistorians.bsky.social did, here's an incised graffito of an ithyphallic Satyr on the Reverse of a Gorgoneion from Magna Graecia, ca. 525-475 BC. 🏺
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art (1994.8). Link - clevelandart.org/art/1994.8
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art (1994.8). Link - clevelandart.org/art/1994.8
January 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM