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Roman rock-crystal icosahedron (20-sided dice) used in fortune-telling. Each face has a Latin letter on it and a corresponding Roman numeral.

Such polyhedral dice were thrown to obtain a number, which was then matched with pre-prepared oracle answers in a divination handbook.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hear Jared's still carries them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Who's Jared and why is his distilling gear significant?