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  • Meaning in Millstones: Phallic Imagery on Romano-British Millstones

  • Ruth Shaffrey
  • Journal:
    Britannia / Volume 53 / November 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    18 August 2022, pp. 357-370
    Print publication:
    November 2022

  • Phallic imagery occurred throughout the Roman world and is most commonly found on small portable items such as amulets and pendants, and on buildings and structures. This paper details three Romano-British instances of phallic carvings found on millstones and one on a rotary quern. It assesses the style and positioning of the carvings in relation to the functional operation of the stones, reviews their contexts of recovery geographically and chronologically and considers the likely symbolism and meaning of the carvings.