Un dé truqué dans la Maison des Nones de Mars (Limoges)
In 1992, a rigged polished bone dice made with high technicity was found in the so-called Maison des Nones de Mars in Limoges (Augustoritum) on the underground room’s ground used during the second half of the 1st century AD. Even though some rigged dices are now known...
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| author | Thomas Daniaux Jean-Pierre Loustaud |
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| description | In 1992, a rigged polished bone dice made with high technicity was found in the so-called Maison des Nones de Mars in Limoges (Augustoritum) on the underground room’s ground used during the second half of the 1st century AD. Even though some rigged dices are now known, the Limoges’ one is specific by it’s perfect conservation status and by the digging of a empty tank below the 6 added to the lead filled tank below the 1. This singularity, observed by radiography, brings to light the high technical skills used to hide both tanks, only carved from the dice’s dots. Its discovery raises the question of the underground room’s real use. Archaeological context, artefacts’ analysis and literature document a hidden but well-known part of the Roman elite life and their love for gambling despite being prohibited by many laws. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b407d3ca3c4540aeac6ea3a83ed7d5a92023-10-03T13:02:06ZfraPresses universitaires du MidiPallas0031-03872272-76392022-10-0111912914610.4000/pallas.24668Un dé truqué dans la Maison des Nones de Mars (Limoges)Thomas DaniauxJean-Pierre LoustaudIn 1992, a rigged polished bone dice made with high technicity was found in the so-called Maison des Nones de Mars in Limoges (Augustoritum) on the underground room’s ground used during the second half of the 1st century AD. Even though some rigged dices are now known, the Limoges’ one is specific by it’s perfect conservation status and by the digging of a empty tank below the 6 added to the lead filled tank below the 1. This singularity, observed by radiography, brings to light the high technical skills used to hide both tanks, only carved from the dice’s dots. Its discovery raises the question of the underground room’s real use. Archaeological context, artefacts’ analysis and literature document a hidden but well-known part of the Roman elite life and their love for gambling despite being prohibited by many laws.http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/24668cheatingrigged dicegamblingleadLimogesMaison des Nones de Mars |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Daniaux Jean-Pierre Loustaud Un dé truqué dans la Maison des Nones de Mars (Limoges) Pallas cheating rigged dice gambling lead Limoges Maison des Nones de Mars |
| title | Un dé truqué dans la Maison des Nones de Mars (Limoges) |
| title_full | Un dé truqué dans la Maison des Nones de Mars (Limoges) |
| title_fullStr | Un dé truqué dans la Maison des Nones de Mars (Limoges) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Un dé truqué dans la Maison des Nones de Mars (Limoges) |
| title_short | Un dé truqué dans la Maison des Nones de Mars (Limoges) |
| title_sort | un de truque dans la maison des nones de mars limoges |
| topic | cheating rigged dice gambling lead Limoges Maison des Nones de Mars |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/24668 |
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