Limestone Pigna

Title: Limestone Pigna
Inventory Number: A0226
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Praeneste
Description: Pointed phallic symbol on two-tiered base which decorated with two rows, lower taller than upper, of acanthus leaves, resting on discoid bottom. Articulation of leaves concentrated on one half of the circumference, backside plain. Prominent vertical rasp marks on symbol, vertical & horizontal raps marks on base.
State of Preservation: Badly chipped particularly at discoid bottom and point of symbol, where there is some evidence of regrinding, with some heavy gouging at max D of symbol. Painted "by mistake."
Height: 42 cm
Max Diameter: 17.1 cm
Base Diameter: 13.3 cm
Color: Stone ca 10YR 6/4 (light yellowish brown); paint 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown).
Type: burial
Material: limestone?