The Serpent Stone, Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport, Lake District, 9.2.19.
One of the most striking carved stones in the collection, the Serpent Stone is likely a Roman dedication stone inspired by the fertility symbol of the serpent and the phallic shape to guard against the Mediterranean notion of the ‘evil eye’. Discovered in 1880, the face also had two serpents over the forehead but they soon broke off.
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