File:Clarke Ars Erotica 62.jpg

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Two males are participating in anal sex. Engraved banded agate gem. 1st century BCE

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English: Male couple in bed.

The two males are participating in anal sex.[1]

The receptive partner of anal sex has an erect penis and this has no parralell in either contemporary or later images of sex between males.[1] The receptive partner is able to show effection by kissing or embracing his partner.[1]

Engraved banded agate gem

Greek inscription.

Museum: Formerly in the Royal Coin Cabinet Leiden (Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet).[1] Possibly moved to the Royal Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) in leiden?

Date: 1st century BCE [2][3]

Inv. 1948.

Dimensions: 3.1 X 2.15cm
Deutsch: Männliches Liebespaar im Bett.

Gemme mit griechischer Inschrift. Übersetzung: "Leopard (pardalos), trink! Lebe in Luxus und Liebe! Sterben musst du, denn kurz ist die Zeit. Grieche, lebe zur Fülle!"

Leiden, Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet, Inv. 1948.
Source John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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  1. ↑ a b c d <John R Clarke (1998) Looking at Lovemaking, University of California Press, p. 38
  2. ↑ Clarke, John (2017-02-27). sexual representation, visual. Oxford Research Encyclopedia. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 23 February 2022.
  3. ↑ see John R. Clarke "Looking at Lovemaking" 1998 Page 39

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