Record ID: NMS-C9A50C
Object type: DIE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small lead throwing die. It is not perfectly cubic, as the sides vary between 9.5 and 10mm. Each face has a number of dots, and all the readable faces are laid out in the modern fashion. 1 is opposite 2, 3 is opposite 4, and 5 is opposite a face whose dots cannot now be made out but which is clearly 6. The layout of faces is Winchester type Bii (if 6 is held with 4 above and 3 below, 2 is next to 6 to the right, then 5, then 1). It weighs 9.65g. Brown comments in the Winchester report that nearly all of the Type B dice come from contexts of the 13th to 16th centuries, whereas di…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF9176
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Asymmetric lead die. None of the faces is quite square, and each has a number of dots from one to six, marked by the use of small dots close to the edges of the faces. The dots are arranged on the faces as on modern dice, except that the 2 face has the dots parallel to one edge instead of being set diagonally. The faces are as follows (dimensions are maximums): 6, 7.3 x 6.5 mm; 5, 7.5 x 6.4 mm; 4, 6.5 x 6.5 mm; 3, 6.5 x 6.2 mm; 2, 6 x 5.5 mm; 1, 6 x 6 mm. The opposite faces do not add up to seven as on Roman, some medieval and post-medieval, and modern dice (Winchester die type A); …
Created on: Friday 16th August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE FORDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.