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Description: | A lead alloy possible gaming piece probably from the Early Medieval period. The object is a dome with five raised pellets on the top, arranged as on a dice. There is a slight collar round the base and there is a deep cavity in the underside. It has a diameter of 17.9mm and is 13.3mm thick. Objects like this are often described as gaming pieces but there are few excavated examples to which to compare them. Similar sized and shaped objects recovered from Anglo-Scandinavian building contexts in York have been identified as Hnefatafl pieces (Mainman and Rodgers, 2000). Hnefatafl was a game rather like chess. However, there are none made of lead and none with the same design of five raised pellets. Possible gaming pieces that are made of lead are illustrated in ??Lead Weights?? by Biggs and Withers (2000), but it is pointed out that similar objects have been found associated with Viking weights. The possibility that the object functioned as a weight cannot be ruled out. It weighs 18.54g. The object has a smooth mid grey patina. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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