# Tipper 2024: Beautifully crafted Roman dodecahedron discovered in Lincoln – but what were they for?

> Samantha Tipper, 2024. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The main source for the Norton Disney object and the size of the corpus (about 130).

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# Beautifully crafted Roman dodecahedron discovered in Lincoln – but what were they for?

Samantha Tipper, 2024. _The Conversation_.

Account of the Norton Disney find of June 2023 by a member of the Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group: an undamaged example about 8 cm across and 245 g, the 33rd from England, with XRF composition, and a summary of the rival explanations.

**Gallo-Roman dodecahedra** Web pagedoi: **[10.64628/ab.3gxryddu3](https://doi.org/10.64628/ab.3gxryddu3)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The main source for the Norton Disney object and the size of the corpus (about 130).

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[A few workshops made them, so alloys and lead isotopes cluster regionally.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/answers/ANS0D5Y607G0FMD/a-few-workshops-made-them-so-alloys-and-lead-isotopes)

Answer

ANS

[Norton Disney dodecahedron](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/artifacts/ART0D5Y61PC7GE6/norton-disney-dodecahedron)

ART

[Norton Disney dodecahedron dimensions and XRF composition](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D5Y616R1B48/norton-disney-dodecahedron-dimensions-and-xrf-composition)

Dataset

DAT

[The Norton Disney example shows no evidence of wear.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5WJA11VS/the-norton-disney-example-shows-no-evidence-of-wear)

Evidence

EVD

[The objects are complex castings with no two alike.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5Y903RZN/the-objects-are-complex-castings-with-no-two-alike)

Evidence

EVD

[The Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group excavates an undamaged dodecahedron](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/events/EVT0D5Y5SWC57RA/the-norton-disney-history-and-archaeology-group-excavates-an)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

[Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/organisations/ORG0D5Y5RNA3RZP/norton-disney-history-and-archaeology-group)

ORG

[Were they made in a few workshops or many?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/questions/QST0D5Y5V3E5QNS/were-they-made-in-a-few-workshops-or-many)

Question

QST

[What were the Gallo-Roman dodecahedra for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/questions/QST0D5Y5TKT7BZY/what-were-the-gallo-roman-dodecahedra-for)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Tipper, S. (2024). Beautifully crafted Roman dodecahedron discovered in Lincoln – but what were they for?. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/ab.3gxryddu3
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[Read it free at theconversation.com](https://theconversation.com/beautifully-crafted-roman-dodecahedron-discovered-in-lincoln-but-what-were-they-for-229131)

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