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Unfinished Dice
(Roman Empire )
This length of bone has been worked into a rectangular form and marked off with three dice. The numbers are indicated by dotted circles. Only three sides of the piece have been finished. Eventually the dice would have been separated, the natural hollows of the bone plugged by additional pieces of bone, and numbers carved on all six sides. Unfinished lengths such as these are probably from a bone carver's workshop.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 8/18/1982 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Roman Empire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
71.636