| Title: |
A dice tower from Richborough
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| Issue: |
Britannia 39 |
| Series: |
Britannia
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| Volume: |
39
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| Number of Pages: |
431 |
| Page Start/End: |
219 - 235 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Argues that some of a group of bone box-casings from Richborough Roman fort can be interpreted as belonging to a dice tower or pyrgus - a device used for rolling dice. Shows how the tower may have been constructed, and summarises the literary and artistic evidence for dice towers. Suggests that the rosette decoration on the tower links it to the Roman game of Duodecim Scripta. Au/PP-B |
| Year of Publication: |
2008
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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FORT
(Monument Type England)
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| Bone (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
(biab_online)
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| Relations: |
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| Created Date: |
13 Aug 2010 |
