Taflkast, Viking Dice Game, Birka Axe ISBN-13: 978-9198105605

ISBN-13: 978-9198105605

7" (36-40 cm)

among experimental archeologists and collectors

A beautiful ring with a classic knotwork design named after Idun

This set includes a wool apron and a linen dress

Taflkast, Viking Dice Game, Birka Axe ISBN-13: 978-9198105605Set of three, large handmade bone dice based on a Viking Age find from grave bj581 in Birka, Sweden. The set comes with a hand stitched leather pouch. One of the three dice is special , just as the original find, in that it comes with two 1's and two 5's. We call it the Urthur (fate) die, since it offers an "all or nothing" approach to the roll. Dice games (Old Norse: Taflkast) were popular during the Viking Age. A dice pouch was easily carried in the