A Grotesque Terracotta Figurine of the First Century C.E. from Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland: Function, Use, and Meaning

A Roman terracotta figurine representing a grotesque ithyphallic male figure with the characteristics of a cock is discussed in relation to its role as an apotropaic device.

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Glavni avtor: Simone Voegtle
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Jezik:English
Izdano: ACoSt - Association for Coroplastic Studies 2016-12-01
Serija:Les Carnets de l’ACoSt
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Online dostop:https://journals.openedition.org/acost/945
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A Grotesque Terracotta Figurine of the First Century C.E. from Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland: Function, Use, and Meaning
Les Carnets de l’ACoSt
grotesque
cock
apotropaic
laughter
humor
tintinnabulum
title A Grotesque Terracotta Figurine of the First Century C.E. from Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland: Function, Use, and Meaning
title_full A Grotesque Terracotta Figurine of the First Century C.E. from Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland: Function, Use, and Meaning
title_fullStr A Grotesque Terracotta Figurine of the First Century C.E. from Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland: Function, Use, and Meaning
title_full_unstemmed A Grotesque Terracotta Figurine of the First Century C.E. from Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland: Function, Use, and Meaning
title_short A Grotesque Terracotta Figurine of the First Century C.E. from Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland: Function, Use, and Meaning
title_sort grotesque terracotta figurine of the first century c e from muralto ticino switzerland function use and meaning
topic grotesque
cock
apotropaic
laughter
humor
tintinnabulum
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