# Tongeren dodecahedron

> Commons photographs of the Tongeren dodecahedron, including the museum's own public-domain release, come in through media.yaml.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/artifacts/ART0D5Y61Y655PQ/tongeren-dodecahedron  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D5Y61Y655PQ·Artifact · object

# Tongeren dodecahedron

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.5Roman; found 1939

[Cite]

[![Tongeren dodecahedron: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/roman-dodecahedra-a-tongeren-m1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/roman-dodecahedra-a-tongeren-m1?w=2000)

Tongeren dodecahedron: photograph

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Commons photographs of the Tongeren dodecahedron, including the museum's own public-domain release, come in through media.yaml.

Wim Deprez, 1939. CC BY-SA 2.5

## Copies 3

**Photograph** Wim Deprez · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.51 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodecahedron-tongeren.jpg)

**Photograph** Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Roman_dodecahedron,_Gallo-Roman_Museum_of_Tongeren,_Belgium_(27543850102).jpg)

**Photograph** Unknown author · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pentagon-dodeca%C3%ABder_in_brons,_150_tot_400_NC,_vindplaats-_Tongeren,_Leopoldwal,_1939,_collectie_Gallo-Romeins_Museum_Tongeren,_4002.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Tongeren](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5Y5PYM6KEC/tongeren) · Roman town (Atuatuca Tungrorum)

## Sources 1

- [[Report on a Roman dodecahedron fragment from Kortessem, Belgium]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D5Y5M0W1FXP/report-on-a-roman-dodecahedron-fragment-from-kortessem)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Tongeren dodecahedron [Artifact ART0D5Y61Y655PQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D5Y61Y655PQ
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Key

**ART** 0D5Y61Y655PQ

Kind

Object

Held by

Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren

Dated

Roman; found 1939

Licence

CC BY-SA 2.5

Place

[Tongeren](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5Y5PYM6KEC/tongeren)

Part of

[Gallo-Roman dodecahedra](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra)

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