Dice – Ancient Magic Academy

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Erotic knucklebone dice for the search for love, sex and fertility?

This rare knucklebone made of gabbro depicts figures of the deities Baubo, Eros, and Kronos (or Ganymedes) in association with Harpocrates. It is interpreted as…

Icosahedron, limestone, inscribed in Demotic with the names of 20 different Egyptian deities, 1st century A.D. (?)Qaret el-Muzzawaqa, Western end of the Dakhleh Oasis, New Valley Museum, Kharga, Egypt, inventory number 843. Image: M. Minas-Nerpel, A Demotic Inscribed Icosahedron From Dakhleh Oasis, in: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 93, 2007, p. 142.

An Ancient 20-sided Dice Inscribed with the Names of Egyptian Deities

Overview This so far unique dice was made of limestone. Instead of numbers it was inscribed with the names of 20 different Egyptian deities. These…