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Description: | A stone or pebble which is flat on one face and rounded (convex) on the other; oval in plan. It has been glazed with white to pale green glassy glaze with black speckles in it. It may have been decorated to use it as a gaming counter. It is of comparable size to stone and ceramic gaming pieces found at York in Anglo-Saxon contexts (Mainman and Rogers 2000, page 2566), one of which has a splash of glaze on it.Glass counters are also known from the Roman period; see for example GLO-88A182 for details. There is also evidence of rounded pebbles have been utilized as gaming pieces though the use of glaze is more unusual. Compare SWYOR-357567 and WMID-C24862. The date of this piece is uncertain, but the thick glaze does have a medieval or later appearance. However, the object was found on a known Viking site.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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