Phallic graffiti
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Phallic graffiti is the illustration of the male sex organ rendered as graffiti. Phallic graffiti commonly incorporate both the penis and testicles and, while they can be considered lewd in nature, ha
A phallus graffito on a wall in Annecy, 2018
A typical example of an incised Roman phallus from Hadrian's Wall, displayed at Chesters
A phallic graffito carved into the side of the Roman quarry at Barcombe in East Sussex, England
Early modern graffiti phallus on the walls of the Temple of Diana, Nîmes, France
Bollock dagger
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A bollock dagger or ballock knife is a type of dagger with a distinctively shaped hilt, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling male genitalia. The guard is often in one piece with the ivory g
Phallic graffiti
…along Hadrian's Wall. During the Middle Ages phallic motifs, such as the phallus tree, were often present in marginalia. Graffiti depictions of medieval ballock knyves have also been interpreted as phallic symbols, although they may have had a more nuanced meaning, representing a rite of passage into adulthood for…
Design of a guard for a ballock-dagger with top mount of the scabbard, by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1536–1538
A set of bollock daggers found on board the 16th century ship Mary Rose. The blades have either completely corroded or remain only in the form of concretions.