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Title: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: BugbrookeBen on August 30, 2014, 06:07:41 PM Hi everyone,
I had a really nice time today, I went mudlarking near the millennium bridge. I found lots of things such as 17th century floor bricks, bones, oyster shells and pottery. But I found this dice which is very light and is only 5 - 6 mm each side. It appears to be made of bone and is a light brown color. It's also probably handmade and is not completely cubic. The numbers don't add up to 7 they are 3 op 6, 5 op 5 and 4 op 4. So if anyone knows what this dice is, I would be very grateful to know. Ben Title: Re: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on August 30, 2014, 06:42:14 PM If they dont add up to 11, it normally means they are old.........or made by someone that didnt care :)
Title: Re: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: Chef Geoff on August 30, 2014, 07:34:28 PM 11 ???
Title: Re: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: The Doc on August 30, 2014, 07:49:45 PM So there is no 1 or 2 on the dice - just a 3, a 6, two 4s and two 5s?
Title: Re: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: BugbrookeBen on August 30, 2014, 07:59:51 PM That's right doc :)
Title: Re: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: BugbrookeBen on August 31, 2014, 09:18:35 AM Anyone know how old it is ???
Title: Re: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: handyman [Alan} on August 31, 2014, 04:03:15 PM Not sure Ben, but John Winter may have access to a past article on dice and dice games. One can only ask!
Title: Re: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: galoshers on August 31, 2014, 06:52:08 PM the queenhithe diggers in the 80s used to find quite a few no doubt lost by sailors back from a long voyage ,never heard of any dating method ..the area by the millenium bridge on north side was dug down to 6 feet with monster holes sieved and checked with compass 77bs and put back. i dug a few myself .
Title: Re: Mudlarking in London - found a dice. Post by: BugbrookeBen on September 01, 2014, 07:23:17 AM I'm not sure but the date looks to be 16th, 17th, 18th century, i'm probably wrong :)
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