A mysterious Roman artefact found during an amateur archaeological dig is going on public display in Lincolnshire for the first time. Richard Parker,

Roman object that baffled experts to go on show at Lincoln Museum

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2024-04-29 07:30:06

A mysterious Roman artefact found during an amateur archaeological dig is going on public display in Lincolnshire for the first time.

Richard Parker, secretary of the Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group, said it was a "privilege to have handled" the object, thought to have been buried about 1,700 years ago.

However, he said: "Despite all the research that has gone into our dodecahedron, and others like it, we are no closer to finding out exactly what it is and what it might have been used for.

"The imagination races when thinking about what the Romans may have used it for. Magic, rituals or religion - we perhaps may never know.

"What we do know is the Norton Disney dodecahedron was found on the top of a hill in a former large pit of some kind. It seems it was deliberately placed there."

The mysterious objects date back as far as the 1st Century. Some experts believe they were possibly linked to Roman rituals or religion, but there are no references to them in any Roman texts.