A fresco at the entrance of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii that depicts the god Priapus weighing his semiturgid phallus against a bag of coins has plausibly been interpreted as an apotropaic image, protecting the domus against the baneful influence of the evil eye. This article points to humorous elements of the fresco that have been largely…[Read more]

The present special issue of the journal Archimède: Archéologie et histoire ancienne, organized under the auspices of the Imago Genitalium: Sex and Gender in Ancient Mediterranean Art project, focuses on depictions of the phallus in Antiquity. It aims to fill the gap in research on the sexual parts of the body, their associated organs (the b…[Read more]

Review of Jennifer A. Quigley, Divine Accounting: Theo-Economics in Early Christianity, Yale University Press, 2021.

Response to a panel on Representations of Power at the the Seventh Symposium of the Melammu Project

The article assesses the contribution of Simon Claude Mimouni to discussions about circumcision in early Christianity in light of more recent findings from the “Paul within Judaism” approach. Moreover, the article points to the potential that the “lived ancient religion” and processing approaches have to further discussions in this area.

An overview of taxation in ancient states.