Inv. n°: MMoCA241a

Roman Black Bone Gambling/Gaming Dice

With Numbers Incised in the Form of Concentric Circles. Discovered in the remains of a Roman legionary camp on Thracian territory during archaeological excavations at the beginning of the 20th century.

h. 1.3 x w. 1.3 cm and h. 1.5 cm x w. 1.5

1st-5th century AD

Bone

Provenance

  • Discovered at the remains of a legionary encampment in Thrace/Macedonia during early 1900's excavations.
  • Ex American private collection of John Rilling
  • Acquired at Ancient Resource, California

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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