Both figures are copied from “Priapus Worship”.]

[Illustration: VOTIVE OFFERINGS TO GOD PRIAPUS

I. The god’s assistance was sought on behalf of a couple, PRIMINUS and

MENTILA, who were probably childless. Found in Roman camp at Adel,

Yorkshire, and now in Leeds Philosophical Society’s museum.

II. Found in Roman camp at Westerford Fort, Scotland, upon the wall of

Antoninus.

III. Found on one of the gateways of Hadrian’s wall, in the Roman camp

at Homesteads, Northumberland.

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