Dice

This dice is 14-sided with six rhombic and eight hexagonal faces. Each face contained different inscriptions in Chinese characters that mostly refer to liquor, such as “drink three glasses of liquor at once,” “sing and drink alone,” and “ask someone to sing.” Given this feature, the dice seems to have been used for drinking games at banquets. This object reflects the elegant and tasteful leisure life of the Unified Silla aristocrats. The dice was excavated from the mud flat under the stone-walled revetment to the northwest of Wolji Pond, but became lost during the conservation treatment process. Currently, its replica is on display.