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Detail from a relief showing a Roman boy wearing a bulla Etruscan bulla depicting Icarus. A bulla, an amulet worn like a locket, was given to male children in Ancient Rome nine days after birth. Inside the medallion, an amulet was placed, which was usually a phallus – a symbol that brought good luck in antiquity.
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Bulla (amulet), given to boys in Ancient Rome; Bulla (seal), in archaeology, an inscribed clay or soft metal token used in ancient times for commercial or legal documentation; Bulla Felix, an Italian bandit, fl. 205–207 AD
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Similar amulet chains were used in the ancient world from at least the 4th Century BC. [5] Crepundia are referred to in Act 4 of Rudens (dated to c.211 BC) in which the character Palaestra describes the contents of a trinket box owned since childhood: a miniature gold sword inscribed with her father's name; a miniature gold axe inscribed with her mother's name; a silver knife; a little pig; a ...
The Shropshire bulla is an example of "reversible fashion"; the front and back are alike in design, either side can be selected to be the presenting face. Bullae were probably highly prized adornments, worn as clothing accessories to display the wearer's high status and wealth.