Français : Priape dit "de Rivery" d'après son lieu de découverte: statuette de Priape constituée de deux parties, trouvée à Rivery (Somme) en 1771. 2ème moitié du 1er siècle après JC.Musée de Picardie à Amiens.(Montage photo montrant les deux parties séparées et réunies.)
English: Bronze statuette possibly of the Roman fertility god
Priapus, made in two parts (shown here in assembled and disassembled forms). This statuette has been dated to the late 1st century C.E. It was found in Rivery, in Picardy, France in 1771 and is the oldest Gallo-Roman object in the collection of the Museum of Picardy. This figurine represents the deity clothed in a "cuculus", a Gallic coat with hood, and may be an example of the Genii cucullati. This upper section is detachable and conceals a phallus.
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Français : Priape dit "de Rivery" d'après son lieu de découverte: statuette de Priape constituée de deux parties, trouvée à Rivery (Somme) en 1771. 2ème moitié du 1er siècle après JC.Musée de Picardie à Amiens.(Montage photo montrant les deux parties séparées et réunies.)
English: Bronze statuette possibly of the Roman fertility god
Priapus, made in two parts (shown here in assembled and disassembled forms). This statuette has been dated to the late 1st century C.E. It was found in Rivery, in Picardy, France in 1771 and is the oldest Gallo-Roman object in the collection of the Museum of Picardy. This figurine represents the deity clothed in a "cuculus", a Gallic coat with hood, and may be an example of the Genii cucullati. This upper section is detachable and conceals a phallus.
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