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Description: | A Medieval or early Post Medieval cast lead die. The die is a sub-cuboid. The numbers are marked by conical cells. The ??1?? face has a conical cell in the centre and has fine grooves radiating from the centre as decoration. The ??2?? face is decorated with an oblique linear groove joining the conicals. There is not a face with ??3?? dots. There are two ??4?? faces, each has a conical in each corner and a linear groove forming a border at the edges, joining each conical. The ??6?? faces being square and the others are rectangular in plan. The surface of the die is slightly cracked and has a mottled beige to dark grey patina. It measures mm by 16.88mm by 16.61mm by 16.68mm. It weighs 35g.
The die has a non-regular layout, i.e. the number on opposite sides does not add up to seven. The regular numbering system on dies was used from the Roman period through to the present day (Ottaway, P. and Rogers, N. 2002 Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds From Medieval York York Archaeological Trust and CBA p. 2949). Egan (Egan, G. 1997 Dice Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet No. 23) comments that non-regular layouts can be indicative of a false die (Egan: Figure 1 d), examples of which have been dated to the Medieval to early Post Medieval periods. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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