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Historical Archive: Dice and Knucklebones All dice are from the Roman era unless otherwise noted. Find areas are noted when known. Representations follow surviving examples. A list of additional photographs (including the larger polyhedra) appears after the thumbnails below. If you need an image not yet digitized, feel free to contact me and I will prioritize the requested object. knucklebone, sard, BM 47./8-6. II5 96a Roman knucklebone, rock crystal, SMB AS 30219.711. For other views see Berlin. cubic die, agate, BM 1772/3-11/221 cubic die, amber, Louvre miniature cubic dice, bone, BM 90/6-1/168 cubic die, bone, Forêt de Compiegne, MAN 14267 large cubic die from Orthia (Greece), ceramic, BM 1923/2-12/306 cubic die with dots and Greek letters, faience, Egypt, Louvre E 13938 cubic die, green glass, BM 83/6-21/22 cubic die, lead, BM 1968/3-25/239 2 cubic dice, marble, BM 1772/3-11/238 and 1814/7-4/1088 cubic die, pyrite, BM 1772/3-11/233 20 sided die with Greek letters, steatite (with normal bone die), Louvre I 1532 die in the form of a long hexagonal tube, bone, BM 71/9-10/2 die in the form of a crouching nude woman, from Sidon (Lebanon), bronze, BM 1924/5-20/2 die in the form of a crouching nude woman: profile, head down die in the form of a crouching nude woman: frontal, head down die in the form of a crouching nude woman: on back bone dice from the Comarmond collection, BM rock crystal icosahedron, 1st-2nd c. or Merovingian, BM 1923,0401.1184. For another view see BM. Bactrian dice fr. Zar-tepe (Uzbekistan), bone and stone, late 3rd-4th c., Hermitage Viking game materials, left: glass pieces and bone dice fr. Nes, Hamarøy, Nordland; right: amber pieces fr. Gunnarshaug, Karmøy, Rogaland; Bergen. Not available in high resolution. Ajax and Achilles playing dice, Exekias, black-figure amphora from Vulci, c.540-30 BCE, Vat 16757. This work has its own page. playing dice, ivory knife handle, c.1300, MAHSD. For full object see Saint-Denis museum. Man of Sorrows from St. Nicholas church in Brzeg (Brieg), Wrocław 1443, paint on larch wood, MNW Śr. 343. This work has its own page. lower right, Crucifixion and Instruments of the Passion, copper alloy hat badge, late 15th c., MoL 82.8/8 Roman and Egyptian cubic dice cubic die from Ville d’Ancy, broken bone, MAN 36404 cubic die marked on one side only, bone, MAN 14269 cubic die, crystal, Leiden V.510 (K 1951/8.2) cubic die, crystal, BM 1923/4-1/1187 cubic die, crystal, BM 1923/4-1/1198 cubic die from Deir el Medineh (pharaonic), numbered 1 to 9, wood, Louvre E14450 Roman and Merovingian larger polyhedral dice 12 sided die with Greek letters, basalt, Louvre AF 897 14 sided die with Greek letters, crystal, BM 1963/11-5/1 14 sided die marked IIII on one side, crystal, CdM unnumbered 14 sided die with Roman numerals, pierced green stone, BM 1772/3-11/250 20 sided die with Greek letters, faience, Louvre E13938 20 sided die with Greek letters, steatite, BM 91/6-24/38 20 sided die with Greek letters, steatite, CdM Froehner VIII 156 20 sided die with Greek letters, steatite, CdM Froehner VII 543 20 sided die with Greek letters, faience, CdM Froehner IX 339 20 sided die, steatite, CdM Froehner unnumbered 20 sided die with Latin letters and Roman numerals (Merovingian), crystal, Louvre MNC.882 Roman knucklebones knucklebone, crystal, BM Walters 4001 knucklebone, sard, BM 1923/4-1/1199 96a