They say the Romans were expert engineers and yet they didn’t know about tapered bases? Plumbing disaster waiting to happen
Glad to hear it is unlikely to have been the only one of its kind used at the site, along the frontier, or indeed in Roman Britain. It would get complicated trying to record whose turn it was.
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>its shape could have been thought to add perceived magical properties.
Or it could have been slotted into a statue and then rubbed for good luck.
Maybe it was a workman’s tool for light hammering on objects to shape. Like a chisel and mallet?
LOL
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> When they analysed it they found both ends were noticeably smoother, indicating repeated use over time.
> Phalli were commonplace in the Roman Empire as they were believed to offer protection against bad luck.
This is funny.
Roman Wife to Centurian Husband: “You want to shove that WHERE? You can just F*** off to the fartherst part of the empire”
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Someone tested it out to determine it was a sex toy.
Who here would have given it a sniff if they found it?
I had some logs delivered. I had to save this one piece from the splitting block:
https://imgur.com/a/0hu2lDg
They say the Romans were expert engineers and yet they didn’t know about tapered bases? Plumbing disaster waiting to happen
Glad to hear it is unlikely to have been the only one of its kind used at the site, along the frontier, or indeed in Roman Britain. It would get complicated trying to record whose turn it was.