The purpose of this short article is to bring a fascinating
object further into the public domain and discuss it in
terms of its unique imagery. A copper alloy bowl in the
collection of the Yorkshire Museum (YORYM: 2010.324)
has, since 2010, been displayed in the entrance hall
of the museum; a factor that has yet gained it no
additional attention in an academic capacity. This short
contribution adds to a scheme of research undertaken
by the author into the use of phallic imagery in an
apotropaic fashion (Parker 2015; Parker & Ross 2016;
Parker forthcoming and in prep) as part of an ongoing
PhD project with the Open University investigating the
archaeology of magic in Roman Britain.