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Description: | A post medieval dice, made from animal skeletal material - either bone or ivory, probably 16th - 18th century. The holes have been drilled into each surface creating a semi-circular cross-section. The sides all total 7, 1 opposes 6; 2 opposes 5; 3 opposes 4.Dice are most frequently made in bone or ivory, more rarely examples in lead or lead/tin are encountered (Egan 1997:1). The enduring convention of placing the numbers 1-6 so that those on opposite faces total seven are preponderant among medieval and especially later dice. Non-regular arrangements are said to be most common from the 13th century to the end of the middle ages. For later medieval pieces a non-regular layout is sometimes a symptom that the dice is a false one.On Roman dice opposite sides total 7.Geoff Egan also notes that without a context it is exceptionally difficult to date dice.Similar examples are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database e.g. LON-3E8E62.Dimensions: length: 8.44mm; width: 8.43mm; thickness: 8.61mm; weight: 1.20g.Reference: Egan, G. 1997. Dice. Finds Research Group Datasheet 23.
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