Item: Astragalus, knuckle-bone.
Culture: Roman.
Dating: 1st - 3rd Century A.D.
Material: Glass.
Dimensions: 6 mm x 18 mm.
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Attributions and measurements are retained as cataloguing markers, without over-interpretation.
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Item: Astragalus, knuckle-bone
Material: Glass
Culture: Roman
Period: 1st - 3rd Century A.D
Dimensions: 6 mm x 18 mm
Condition: Good condition
In the Roman world, everyday objects (domestic, ritual or workshop-related) circulated widely across the Empire through specialised production centres.
Attribution: Roman. Dating indicated: 1st - 3rd Century A.D.
Preserved as a comparison anchor within the Antikarts corpus.
Primary value lies in typology, stated dating and the associated traceability trail.
Provenance (summary): Ex U.K private collection (Cambridgeshire); Formerly in the Igor Karmiloff collection (1925-2016), UN economist and author of Flashbacks, Icons of Impermanence, Bloomington, 2009; acquired in the 1950s-early 1990s.
Record preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference.
Archived source: https://www.yourantiquarian.com/product/roman-astragalus-knuckle-bone-4/.
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