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Trimontium Museum
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Name/Title
Die
Entry/Object ID
X.FRA 1043
Description
Roman bone die from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD
Use
Used in playing games.
Context
The Romans of all classes loved playing games, and often tied game playing into their festivals and everyday aspects of life.
Collection
National Museums Scotland
Category
Die,
Gaming
Leisure
Acquisition
Accession
X.FRA 1043
Made/Created
Time Period
1st - 2nd century
Ethnography
Cultural Region
Continent
Europe
Culture/Tribe
Roman
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Die
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Piece, Game
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Component, Game
Nomenclature Class
Game Equipment
Nomenclature Category
Category 09: Recreational Objects
Getty AAT
Concept
dice
Material
Bone
Color
Brown,
Tan
Web Links and URLs
National Museums Scotland web link to artefact
,
Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)
Provenance
Provenance Detail
1905 - 1911 Excavations
Acquisition Method
Found
Notes
James Curle