Any Guesses?
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la_samtyrCan we say Ancient Rome for the win? (This is what makes me think that modern anachronisms in fic are ok sometimes.) There's a fic here, you just know it. Anyone?
http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4205385
A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with a distinct symbol on each of its faces
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) wide
Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A
MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s.
Lot Notes
Several polyhedra in various materials with similar symbols are known from the Roman period. Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.
http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4205385
A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with a distinct symbol on each of its faces
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) wide
Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A
MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s.
Lot Notes
Several polyhedra in various materials with similar symbols are known from the Roman period. Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.
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