Roman Die

[jaelie]

A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE
Price $17,925
Christie's Buying Guide

Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with a distinct symbol on each of its faces.

2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) wide

THE PROPERTY OF A MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR

Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s.

Lot Notes
Several polyhedra in various materials with similar symbols are known from the Roman period. Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.

Comments

[attack-monkey.livejournal.com]

carcer et draco, surely?

;)

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

But of course!