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A Scato-sexual Message: The Secundinus Stone with Phallus from Vindolanda




AuthorsMeyer Alexander, Mullen Alex, Vanhala Joonas

PublisherCambridge University Press

Publication year2023

JournalBritannia

First page 1

Last page16

eISSN1753-5352

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X2300020X

Web address https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X2300020X

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/180754107


Abstract

The Secundinus stone, with its combination of carved phallus and text, was found in 2022 in excavations within the stone fort at Vindolanda. We consider comparanda for the imagery from Vindolanda, Britannia and further afield, and textual parallels particularly from Pompeii. We offer several possible interpretations of the object and prefer an analysis which takes the text, SECVNDINVS CACOR, as it is carved. This interpretation would add an otherwise unattested verbal form to the Latin scato-sexual vocabulary.


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