Roman dodecahedron from Tongeren
- Date of account
- Roman period, commonly third or fourth century CE
- Location
- Tongeren, Limburg
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
A Roman bronze dodecahedron from the ancient settlement of Atuatuca Tungrorum provides a specific case within the wider unresolved class of hollow twelve-sided objects. Its dimensions, perforated faces and knobs invite comparison with examples from Britain, Gaul and the Rhine frontier, but no securely identified function has been demonstrated. The Tongeren context is useful because urban excavation records can be compared with less secure museum examples. Questions include whether such objects had a standardized purpose or belonged to several unrelated traditions. This is an AI-recalled lead, not evidence for a single universal explanation.
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