{"id":2406,"date":"2024-01-06T20:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T20:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nortondisneyhag.org\/?page_id=2406"},"modified":"2025-11-02T08:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:12:44","slug":"norton-disney-dodecahedron","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nortondisneyhag.org\/?page_id=2406","title":{"rendered":"The Norton Disney Dodecahedron"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2406\" class=\"elementor elementor-2406\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ec0c14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ec0c14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9f84da\" data-id=\"e9f84da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61e3899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61e3899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watermarked-image-of-the-dodecahedron-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C901&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3694\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watermarked-image-of-the-dodecahedron-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watermarked-image-of-the-dodecahedron-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watermarked-image-of-the-dodecahedron-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C901&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watermarked-image-of-the-dodecahedron-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C675&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watermarked-image-of-the-dodecahedron-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1351&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watermarked-image-of-the-dodecahedron-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1801&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watermarked-image-of-the-dodecahedron-scaled.jpg?w=2220&amp;ssl=1 2220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The dodecahedron on display at the National Civil War Centre, Newark Museum<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52c96f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52c96f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-599cc8a\" data-id=\"599cc8a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adf6687 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adf6687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">One of Archaeology's Great Enigmas<br><br><br>Found On Our June 2023 Excavation<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42b9d4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42b9d4d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c0d7bd\" data-id=\"0c0d7bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea34482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea34482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4509-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2427\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4509-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4509-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4509-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C443&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4509-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C332&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4509-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4509-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C885&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4509-scaled.jpeg?w=2220&amp;ssl=1 2220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Volunteers from the Norton Disney Group on the day of the dodecahedron's discovery<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c04cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5c04cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We found a fantastic example of a &#8220;Gallo Roman Dodecahedron&#8221; in June 2023&nbsp; One of archaeology&#8217;s great enigmas. It was found in trench 4 on our 2023 &#8220;dig&#8221; by one of our volunteers. Trench 4 had only been opened in the last few days of the excavation. No metal detector was used when it was found. As we had to close the trench shortly afterwards we needed to return in 2024 to better understand the context of this find<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are about 32 known examples, either whole or in parts in Roman Britain. The Norton Disney example now makes 33. There are roughly 130 known examples across the Roman world. All of which are found in north west Roman provinces. The Norton Disney dodecahedron is the only example found in the Midlands and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a particularly fine example. It is well cast, complete with no damage and in an excellent condition. It is an example of very fine craftsmanship, finished to a high standard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After it&#8217;s discovery the dodecahedron subsequenetly underwent XRF analysis by leading archaeo-mettallurgist Gerry McDonnell which revealed it is a copper alloy object. 75% copper, 7% tin and 18 % lead.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also an important find in that it was found &#8220;in situ&#8221;, where it was deliberately placed some 1700 years before with 4th century Roman pottery in some sort of excavated hole or quarry pit. The context of which will need more archaeological excavation to clarify in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are no known descriptions of dodecahedra in Roman literature and therefore their purpose remains extremely unclear. They are not of a standard size, so will not be measuring devices. They don&#8217;t show signs of wear, so they are not a tool. Nor are they devices for knitting. A huge amount of time, energy and skill was taken to create our dodecahedron, so it was not used for mundane purposes, especially when alternative materials are available that would achieve the same purpose. The most likely use we think is for ritual and religious purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known that near the site a mounted horseman deity, the &#8220;Norton Disney Rider God&#8221;&nbsp; was found by metal detectorists in 1989. This example is now in the British Museum. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roman society was full of superstition, something experienced on a daily basis. A potential link with local religious practice is our current working theory. More investigation is required though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trench 4 where the dodecahedron was found was only partly excavated in 2023 due to time and financial constraints. The group secured permission to return in 2024 and resumed excavation to see if it&#8217;s possible to find more information to clarify the circumstances of the deposition. It seems that the dodecahedron had been found within a quarry pit for sand. The fill of the trench once backfilled contained bone, ceramic building material and 3rd century pottery. That work&nbsp; of understanding the context better is going to continue in 2025. Especially as we found enough ceramic building material to suggest it seems not to have not come from the Norton Disney Roman Villa. So where did it come from? Consequently before we get on site this year a lot of work will have already been carried out to plan where to excavate next to better understand the context of our 2023 find.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a24d1d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a24d1d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92825a2\" data-id=\"92825a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e494db6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e494db6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Dodecahedron Remains On Public Display<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b49f89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b49f89\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47ae0b5\" data-id=\"47ae0b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e305532 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e305532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6356-scaled.jpeg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2728\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6356-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6356-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6356-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nortondisneyhag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6356-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d81ee0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d81ee0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42de1f2\" data-id=\"42de1f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378dd99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"378dd99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Norton Disney dodecahedron has been on continuous public display at different venues since January 2024.\u00a0<\/p><p>Currently it is on display<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.01em;\">\u00a0at the Lakeside Arts Centre, University of Nottingham until 18th January 2026 in an exhibition entitled\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; letter-spacing: 0.01em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lakesidearts.org.uk\/exhibition\/the-norton-disney-dodecahedron-exhibition\/\">&#8220;The Norton Disney Dodecahedron, it&#8217;s discovery and excavation&#8221;.<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.01em;\"> It will be an exhibition looking at the last two years of excavations at Norton Disney and the current understanding of dodecahedra.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>From January 2026 the Norton Disney Dodecahedron returns to The National Civil War Centre, Newark Museum. Details of that exhibition will be announced in due course<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7ddaec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7ddaec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4bd5e0\" data-id=\"c4bd5e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb3597 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fb3597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Academic Research<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-340c6e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"340c6e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00210ec\" data-id=\"00210ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84faab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84faab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please note the dodecahedron is also available for academic research. 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