Ancient Roman Mammoth Bone Dice

Weight : 6.75gr

Size : 15 x 15 x 15mm

Condition : As shown in photos

Age: Byzantine Period 477-1453 Ad

Found: Danube river, eastern Europe

Dice such as these were carried all across the Roman Empire by traveling, marching legionnaires during the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. After a long, hard day of toil and misery soldiers would congregate rowdily around fires, and in taverns, drinking and playing games of chance with their dice. 

Each of these dice were hand carved from a single piece of animal bone, and made small enough to be carried in the mouth, if need be. Unless labeled otherwise, they were discovered at a Roman military encampment near the Danube River in Eastern Europe.