Twelve Gods a fortune telling game

Description

Details:
Condition: New, made in Greece.
Approximately
Cup with owl carvings
Height: 8cm - 3.1 inches
Width: 6cm - 2.3 inches
Weight: 100g
Material:Clay
plus 4 dices
Twelve Gods a fortune telling game inspired from Ancient Greece by Antonis Palles
History
The cubes (dice) a favorite game of children and adults in ancient Greece. They were made of different materials (clay, ivory, animal bones, metal). Homer mentions that the Achaean Hero Palamedes invented dice so that the besiegers of Troy would have something to do in their spare time. The use of dice was utilized also as form of divination as well as in temples in order to compose an Oracle. The dice fortune telling became an important kind of divining art.
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