Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/E.62.16

Accession_Number

E.62.16

Shape

Dice

Shape_description

Material

Perhaps ivory

Fabric

Egyptian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

Decoration

A cubic dice, white in colour with numerical symbols etched on and then painted in black. On all bar one side the symbols are made up of one dot surrounded by two concentric circles, the number of these represents the value of that side. On two sides there are five, on two there are four and six on the fifth. The final side has twelve dots although on this side one symbol consists of one dot and one circle rather than two, also the dots are depicted in groups of twos.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact and complete. Some of the black pigment has gone and several edges have slight scratches. The most significant damage is a scratch on the side with twelve dots that goes from one side in a straight line to the other.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Unknown

Period

Roman

Date

30BC-AD 395

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.98.0255.jpg	View of Egyptian Dice showing the 12 dotted side
2002.98.0256.jpg	Top view of Egyptian Dice
2019.99.0074.jpg	Oblique view of an Egyptian dice.
2019.99.0075.jpg	Oblique view of an Egyptian dice.
2019.99.0076.jpg	Oblique view of an Egyptian dice.
2019.99.0077.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly above of an Egyptian dice.
2019.99.0078.jpg	Oblique view of an Egyptian dice.