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Glass roman dices? - Iagoba - 04-09-2008
I´ve found some to buy, (blue), but some questions have appeared in my head...
-It´s appropiate for a late Roman soldier (even a posh one)?
- (well, if anyone looks in google, , )
-where the pips -or dots- in the six-faced ones placed in the same way as today?
I would like so beacause crystal would be:
1) Posh
2) transparent, so it won´t be loaded...
I found some curious shapes here and in a certain -long established- auction house even sells a 20 sided one
hock: , buuut... :? Thanks for the help, and if someone knows more about "Roman" D20´s I would be grateful...
Thanks, my gamblin´soldiers
Re: Glass roman dices? - Salvianus - 04-09-2008
Interesting. My understanding was that most were marked as they are today, opposite faces totalling seven, but that there were plenty of exceptions - I'll see what I've got.
Re the d20: Google say http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_ ... ID=4205385
Re: Glass roman dices? - Salvianus - 04-09-2008
I don't seem to have much in the way of references.
I was surprised to see some marked with numerals rather than ring-and-not and 'crystal' dice which are still transparent on your link:
http://www.ourpasthistory.com/tag/roman-dice/
Some other examples (bottom) with alternative numbering (and some clearly unequal face sizes!):
http://www.ancienttouch.com/gaming%20co ... 20dice.htm
hope that helps.
Related to dice - Triarius - 04-09-2008
When did cubes replace knuckle bones?
Re: Related to dice - fwg - 03-10-2009
Quote:When did cubes replace knuckle bones?
The cubes and bones were used for different dice-games. While children are often depicted playing with astragaloi (knuckle-bones), 'conventional' dices are often associated with gambling (of adults).
And there are some Roman glass dices (I have to check in my picture archive, but I think at least in the Landesmuseum Stuttgart, germany), as well as there are ones made of lead crystal.
All the best,
fwg.