 |
|
Home |
|
Assortment of Roman Stone and Glass Game Pieces browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives:Regional Art:Ancient World:Roman: Pre AD 1000: Item # 595654
Janus Antiquities By Appointment New Jersey (330) 612-3957 Guest Book SOLD |
|
||||||||
|
This lot features a small group of Roman-period gaming pieces, including stone and glass examples. Monochrome gaming pieces like these were made in a variety of colors and were very common in Roman times. Simple examples seem to be present among Hellenistic-Roman material at most excavations, sometimes in incredible quantities. For example, around a temple near Sidon that was dedicated to the healing god Echmoun, over 30,000 simple game pieces like these were recovered! One theory is that these objects were toys that were distributed to the children who visited the temple. For similar, see Spaer, "Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: Beads and Other Small Objects," page 230 and cat. #548.
AGE: ca. 2nd-5th centuries A.D. CONDITION: Worn and simple, but intact. The glass examples have some nice, small patches of iridescence. DIMENSIONS: Largest has a diameter of about 2.3 cm |
|||||||||
|
||||||
| Home | Join | Shops | Map | Terms | Help | |
