Record ID: ESS-2929CA
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable bone or ivory dice, dating to the Post Medieval period (16th - 18th centuries). The dice is a broadly uniform cube with drilled pits forming the numbers on each face. The pits are arranged so that 1 opposes 6, 2 opposes 5 and 3 opposes 4, with each opposing set totalling 7, a convention found on die from the Medieval period and later (Egan, 1997). Similar examples are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database e.g. LON-3E8E62 and LON-36E205. The die is irregular in shape and measures 9.8mm by 10.3mm by 10.6mm and weighs 1.98g. Reference: Egan, G. 1997. Di…
Created on: Sunday 13th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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