A kind of money? or a playing device?

Started by Md. Shariful Islam, July 05, 2021, 09:27:55 AM

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Md. Shariful Islam

Got these from Mahasthan region of Bangladesh, an ancient site where civilizations developed vertically over centuries. It has record of civilization of Mauriyan to Gupta to Pala to Sultanate to till midern time. It is difficult to tell what time I should assign to these items.
These are deep red soft stones or resin that has become hard over time. Each unit has same symbol on both sides. Symbols are well preserved while the dices have symptoms of wear and tear.
Any idea about these elements? Is there a chance that these were one kind of early money?
Weighs 0.28/ 0.16/ 0.13/ 0.09 grams.

Figleaf

The arrowhead between two Taurean symbols and the sun symbol with four "rays" are immediately recognisable as early medieval, but they could of course have become "traditional" or "magic" later. Money is quite unlikely, as early coins are basically silver or gold only. The high profile and especially the colouring would suggest that they are not centuries old.

Yes, they could have been game items or religious tokens, which is why that is the easy cop-out if you don't know what they are. Weights, including weaving and curtain weights, is another possibility.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Md. Shariful Islam

Quote from: Figleaf on July 05, 2021, 09:42:48 AM
The arrowhead between two Taurean symbols and the sun symbol with four "rays" are immediately recognisable as early medieval, but they could of course have become "traditional" or "magic" later. Money is quite unlikely, as early coins are basically silver or gold only.
Peter
Two valuable points you have! As they have different symbols on them and as they have some kind of magical like symbols, I may now think that these are magical devices may be.