GALLERY of ANCIENT DICE

Ivory and Bone Cubic Dice

Note that many ancient dice are NOT numbered in the standard (1-6, 2-5, 3-4) way.



Bone, 9 mm
Roman: 1st c. AD. Syria
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory, 14x14x13 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD
1-6, 2-3, 4-5
Ivory, 12x12x11 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory, 12 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD
2-2, 2-2, 2-2
Bone, 10 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD. Syria
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory/bone, Fragment 9x9x7 mm
Roman: ca. 3rd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
A pair of bone dice, 15.5 mm
Roman: Egypt (Alexandria)
ca. 100 BC - 100 AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory/bone, 11x10x10 mm
Roman: 1st-3rd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory, 10 mm
Roman: 3rd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory/bone, 9x8x7.5 mm
Pair of dice
Roman: 1st-3rd c. AD
1-3, 2-4, 5-6
Bone/horn, 16.5x15x15 mm
Roman: 2nd-3rd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory/bone, 15 mm
Roman: 2nd-3rd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 12x11x11 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD. Syria
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 8.5 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD. Syria
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory, 14x11.5x11.5 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD. Syria
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory, 12.5 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Ivory, 16 mm
Roman: 1st-2nd c. AD. Syria
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 14x13x13 mm
Roman
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 12x12.5x11.5 mm
Roman
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 14 mm
Roman
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 11x11x10.5 mm
Roman
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 14 mm
Roman: 2nd-3rd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 13x11x8 mm
Roman. Eastern Europe
1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Ivory/bone, 13 mm
Roman: 2nd-3rd c. AD
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, 12 mm
Roman, Turkey, 1st c. AD
1-1, 3-3, 5-5
Bone, 9 mm
Roman
1-6, 2-5, 3-4
Bone, fragment, 8.5x8.5x5 mm
Roman
1-6, 2-5, 3-4