ABSTRACT
An understudied subset of phallic small finds are pendants made of Egyptian faience and visually similar materials which depict the male pelvis with visibly flaccid genitalia. This chapter brings together 43 flaccid phallus pendants from 22 archaeological sites, primarily dating from the first century B.C. to the third century A.D. While these pendants are often associated with the Mediterranean, they are frequently recovered archaeologically in the Near East, around the Black Sea, and even in Central Asia, sometimes in the burials of adults and women. Though flaccid male genitalia pendants may lack the apotropaic erections found on other phallic amulets and imagery, these objects may have protected wearers through their perceived ties with Phoenician and Egyptian cultures and their use in conjunction with other apotropaic amulets on necklaces and pendant strings (crepundia).
