Subject
Three playing dice made of bone.
Accession number 22.M322-1.4.
Bone, rub-up, engraving.
Side cm 0.8; side cm 0.7; longer side cm 1.1; smaller side cm 1.
Intact.
Roman age.
Provenance
5th-6th mile of the Via Appia Antica, in the so called Orazi’s tomb
Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)
Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)
References
C. Veen, Tre dadi da gioco in osso in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, p. 459.
