#tintinnabulum

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Ancient Roman Tintinnabulum

Bronze, circa 1st century AD

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'Magical' Roman Wind Chime with Phallus Found in Serbia

Phallic objects like this were common in the Roman world to ward off evil.

Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman wind chime called a tintinnabulum — featuring a prominent phallus — at an archaeological site in eastern Serbia.

Such objects, which were hung near the doorways of houses and shops, were believed to serve as magical protection for the premises. This one was discovered on the porch of a large home on a main street in Viminacium, an ancient Roman city, the extensive ruins of which now lie near the Serbian town of Kostolac, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Belgrade.

"The building was destroyed in a fire, during which the porch collapsed and fell to the ground," Ilija Danković, an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade, told the Serbian-language website Sve o arheologiji.

Tintinnabulums were designed to catch the wind, supposedly so their noise and unusual appearance would frighten off evil spirits and ward off the curse of the evil eye, which was greatly feared in antiquity.

Viminacium was the civil and military capital of Rome's Upper Moesia province from the first to fifth centuries, until it was sacked by the Huns under Attila in 441. The city was rebuilt under the Byzantine emperor Justinian, but it was finally destroyed by invading Slavs in about 535.

Magical phallus

This is the second tintinnabulum found in the ruins. The first is now in a private collection in Austria; nothing is known about its discovery, he said.

However, the newly discovered tintinnabulum was discovered in its full archaeological context. "As soon as we started uncovering it, we knew immediately what we had discovered," he said.

The latest tintinnabulum from Viminacium is made of bronze, but it is being kept surrounded by soil until it can be properly restored. As a result, its exact configuration isn't known. But it is centered on a "fascinum" — a portrayal of a magical phallus — with two legs, wings and a tail, he said.

"Judging by what can be seen … it had four bells and the chain from which it hung," Danković said, adding that there also seemed to be other elements to the design not seen on other tintinnabulums.

Roman beliefs

The symbol of a phallus wasn't always erotic or obscene for the ancient Romans, Danković said. "It was a bringer of good fortune and happiness, and an efficient weapon to combat the evil eye," he said. "For this reason, phalluses can be seen everywhere in the Roman world, from wine cups to the amulets worn by children."

He added that the symbol was often publicly displayed to summon prosperity and deter thieves.

The discovery of the tintinnabulum is evidence that Viminacium was "in every sense a part of the Roman world," Danković said.

Not only did its people share many Roman beliefs, he said, but it's likely that the tintinnabulum was imported from elsewhere in the empire, showing that there were social elites at Viminacium who were willing to pay a significant amount of money for such an object.

Ken Dark, an archaeologist and historian at King's College London who wasn't involved in the discovery, said the Viminacium tintinnabulum was a type of "apotropaic" amulet that was designed to ward off evil influences and give protection to people or their property.

Such amulets "were common in the Roman world, and these sometimes took forms which would seem very strange — or even comical — to us today," he told in an email.

By Tom Metcalfe.

[shibara]

I love Thrawn, and my favourite thing about this character is his habit of studying enemies through their cultural productions, and I love tintinnabulum and the wild obsession with dicks there's been through history in many cultures. I feel like these two concepts should at some point collide in the most psychic-damaging way possible for human ensign Eli Vanto 8) For reference, here's a photo of the real deal~

[tayasigerson]

FFVI Artober Day 26: Favourite item

Google image search "tintinnabulum" and report back. The item description in the game says it's a collar with a bell but I know better.

[eddy25960]

Apotropaic tintinnabulum, ornamental quadruple phallus whith bells. Roman, 1st century BC.

[takaki2]

ボッキディウム・チンチンナブリフェルムまたはボキディウム・ティンティンナブリフェルム（Bocydium tintinnabuliferum）は、カメムシ目ツノゼミ科の昆虫。

1832年、ルネ＝プリムヴェール・レッソンによって記載された。属名の由来はラテン語で「かなり素早い」を意味する“ocydium”と指小辞“-idium”。語頭の“B”は発音上の都合または意味を強めるために挿入したもの。種小名の由来はラテン語で「鈴」の意がある“tintinnabulum”に「…を持つ」の意がある接尾辞“-fer”を合わせたもの

[artandsomethingcreated]

Art Thou Sure the Ears Are Required?

Sabin: yea! Totally! Got to have both the ears and the Tintinnabulum!

Cyan: ... well if thou art sure...

Ghost of Elayne: damn by husband is cute! *high fives Sabin*

[talonabraxas]

“Godspeed!” Tintinnabulum In ancient Rome, a tintinnabulum was a wind chime or assemblage of bells. A tintinnabulum often took the form of a bronze ithyphallic figure or of a fascinum, a magico-religious phallus thought to ward off the evil eye and bring good fortune and prosperity. A bronze polyphallic tintinnabulum of Mercury. Holding a purse full of money in his right hand, his herald’s staff or caduceus in his left hand.

[victusinveritas]

Roman Tintinnabulum in the shape of a phallus, 1st Century AD, from Sesamón, Burgos, Spain.

[snacking-on-art-2022]

A bronze polyphallic tintinnabulum of Mercury from Pompeii: the missing bells were attached to each tip (Naples Museum)

[voxtablr]

As shown below, Monculus cooked Gobbleygourd's Gobbley-Gobbley Ass last week!

So, now, dwumrohl please (heh, heh! Wublin Island joke!):

Please, before voting, read the bios for both contestants first! (Anything in Bold Lettering is a link.)

Back when the Monster World was new, the Colossals pioneered a special process called Life-Formula: the imbuement of vitalizing energies into sculptures of fantastical creatures, plucked right from giant spirits' imaginations. In this way would the nascent reality be populated, and the Monculus was among the very first prototype Singing Monsters awakened by the so-called 'spark of life'. Fashioned from Bubblerite, the versatile building material favored most by the Colossals, its moving parts are manipulated by the rare plasmic form of Krystillium, the first-ever Crystal to be created. Initially pocket-sized, it can grow to imposing heights to sputter out its hauntingly beautiful refrain.

At the turning of the year, Monsters of all kinds set aside time to reflect on the year that's passed and observe the renewal of the Crescendo Moon. That's when the Seasonal Carillong loves to 'chime in!' This charming Mon-drake (or Monster-dragon) seems to be magically suspended in a state of jubilant youth and never appears to age. No matter what dimension it inhabits, it is never separated from its beloved Chimekeeper, a golden instrument of musical and chronomagical power. Each different color bell of the tintinnabulum is said to have its own special significance, and the Carillong takes its duty of ushering in the new year very sincerely.

[ancientstuff]

Romans will use a phallus for ANYTHING.

[madamlaydebug]

According to Patheos;

Bells are sacred to a handful of deities. In ancient Egypt (circa the third millennium BCE), it was an important part of Isis and Hathor’s worship and had connections to birth. “Sistra had erotic connotations, and by extension, alludes to the creation of new life.”

The Roman deity Jupiter was also connected to tintinnabulum. Augustus dreamed of Jupiter lamenting the lack of worshippers at his temple. Upon waking, he immediately hung little bells around the temple of Jupiter.

Persephone was associated with the sistrum depicted in “The Statue of Persephone, 2nd Century CE,” which syncretizes certain Greek aspects of her with the Goddess Isis.

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Other than sound clearing – here are some.. but not limited to, uses for bells:

• Clearing and charging crystals along with other magickal tools and items.

• Bells can be used to represent the element Air in spells and rituals.

• A ringing bell can be used to balance the mind and is helpful for meditation.

• A bell hung on a door is said to grant wishes and draw prosperity.

• Bells can be kept on ones altar for use in formal rituals.

• Some use bells to represent Water because of the sound waves of the bells ring..

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[homestuck-human-generator]

Name: Miss Anna Elliott Color: Mellow Yellow #F8de7e Symbol: canary Strife Specibus: fokerkind Handle: golgothasCapricious Animal: moose Pronouns: they/them Age: 16 Birthday: 161th day of the year Sexuality: situational Interests: dodgeball and polo Dream Moon: derse Classpect: Page of Breath Land: Land of Sticks and Slime, a defiant place, with brave Cape Monitor consorts. It is a place full of islands and clouded skies. Hemera loves this land like her own spawn.. Instrument: tintinnabulum

[chickensgod]

New object just dropped!

Was trying to look up an entirely different word and found these beautiful penis themed wind chimes

They’re called

tintinnabulum <3

[2sundowner69]

Phallus wind chime found at Roman Viminacium