Viking bronze god Freyr devotional Phallic stattue of Old Norse Sagas

The stattue is a seated figure in bronze, dated to the Viking Age and has an erect penis; has often been assumed to be the god Freyr. This is due to an 11th-century description of a phallic Freyr statue in the Temple at Uppsala, but the identification is uncertain.  

It has also been suggested that the figure is a gaming piece. If it is the image of a god, it could be a small, devotional statuette of a type mentioned in Old Norse sagas.

Material: Bronze
Weight: 15,13 grams 
Date: Late Viking age, 10th – 11th century AD 
Measurement: 37 x 20 mm
Condition: Extremely fine condition

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