# Metcalfe 2023: [Report on a Roman dodecahedron fragment from Kortessem, Belgium]

> Tom Metcalfe, 2023. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the Kortessem fragment, the Tongeren example and the fortune-telling reading.

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# [Report on a Roman dodecahedron fragment from Kortessem, Belgium]

Tom Metcalfe, 2023. _Live Science_.

Report of 26 January 2023 on a corner fragment found by Patrick Schuermans at Kortessem and identified by the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, with comments by the curator Guido Creemers and the historian Tibor Grüll.

**Gallo-Roman dodecahedra** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the Kortessem fragment, the Tongeren example and the fortune-telling reading.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Tongeren dodecahedron](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/artifacts/ART0D5Y61Y655PQ/tongeren-dodecahedron)

ART

[The concentration in the north-western provinces and absence from Italy fit a regional, unofficial practice.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5XHJ4HMC/the-concentration-in-the-north-western-provinces-and-absence)

Evidence

EVD

[A complete dodecahedron is found outside the Roman walls of Tongeren](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/events/EVT0D5Y5S4Y0649/a-complete-dodecahedron-is-found-outside-the-roman-walls-of)

EVT

[The first known dodecahedron is found in England](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/events/EVT0D5Y5RX41SSQ/the-first-known-dodecahedron-is-found-in-england)

EVT

[Guido Creemers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/people/FIG0D5Y5RDG37CP/guido-creemers)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Metcalfe, T. (2023). [Report on a Roman dodecahedron fragment from Kortessem, Belgium]. Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/roman-dodecahedron-discovered-belgium
```

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