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Source Description
This length of bone has been worked into a rectangular form and marked off with three dice. The numbers are indicated by dotted circles. Only three sides of the piece have been finished. Eventually the dice would have been separated, the natural hollows of the bone plugged by additional pieces of bone, and numbers carved on all six sides. Unfinished lengths such as these are probably from a bone carver's workshop.
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Document identity
localId
19332
label
Unfinished Dice
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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19332
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Unfinished Dice
description
This length of bone has been worked into a rectangular form and marked off with three dice. The numbers are indicated by dotted circles. Only three sides of the piece have been finished. Eventually the dice would have been separated, the natural hollows of the bone plugged by additional pieces of bone, and numbers carved on all six sides. Unfinished lengths such as these are probably from a bone carver's workshop.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st-3rd century (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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dice
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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6191
collection_ids
ROM
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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451190b38fe40945