A Herm (herma) is a male torso on a column with his genitalia at the appropriate level. The form originated in ancient Greece and was adopted by the Romans (hermae became mercuriae). Herm amulets are rare
Blue glaze pierced for suspension H 2.8
Ptolemaic-Roman Period
Art market
Blue glaze pierced for suspension H 3.3, W 1.4
Ptolemaic-Roman Period
Sotheby’s New York, ‘Antiquities’ part of lot 245
7 December 2001
Blue glaze
H 3.8, W 1.5, D 0.9
Roman Period
Museo Egizio #S. 19502
References
1None, Unpublished amulet