{"id":4910,"date":"2003-12-08T08:17:32","date_gmt":"2003-12-08T15:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2003-12-08T08:17:32","modified_gmt":"2003-12-08T15:17:32","slug":"dxx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/12\/08\/dxx.html","title":{"rendered":"DXX"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ForSomebody wants to get me dice for the holidays? Get me this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Creator<\/u>: Circa 2nd Century A.D.
\nLot Title<\/u>: A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE
\nEstimate<\/u>: 4,000 – 6,000 U.S. dollars
\nPre-lot Text<\/u>: THE PROPERTY OF A MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR
\nLot Description<\/u>: 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.
\nProvenance<\/u>: Acquired by the current owner’s father in Egypt in the 1920s.
\nLot Notes<\/u>: 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.<\/p>\n

Best of all, unless your GM knows what the symbols are for, you can claim you rolled whatever you want!<\/p>\n

(via GoaF<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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