Object type
tessera lusoria
Culture/period
Materials
bone
Technique
polishing
Production date
-200 / -1
Current location
MASPG
Archaeological site
Empúries
Township
Escala, l' (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Alt Empordà)
Dimensions
55 x 10 x 6 mm
Description
Roman game token from Empúries (l'Escala, Alt Empordà) dated in the 2nd-1st centuries BC. It is a bone plate about 5.5 cm long, 1 cm wide and 0.5 thick. On one side is the number XXI and the other the adjective AVDAX (audacious). At one end is a hole that allowed it to be tied to other similar pieces.
At present, the various researchers who have studied the “tesserae lusoriae” agree mostly that they were game tokens, but they do not agree on what game it was, of the many that are known from Roman times based on written sources and archaeological finds.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Omeka ID
3169