Throwing marked dice or the knucklebones of sheep and goats and reading the result against an oracle table; marked astragali were deposited at the altar of Aphrodite Ourania in Athens.
Method
Assign the oracle table before the throw; record the throw before reading it.
Best for
AstragaliKnucklebonesCleromancyThrows
Keywords
AstragaliKnucklebonesCleromancyThrows
Origin
Classical antiquity
Referenced by
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Every entry that names Dice, grouped by the system it comes from.