Cirth 4-Sided Die, 2008

Amboyna Burl

¾ inch x ¾ inch x 1½ inches

Pyrography, Cirth Script

This 4-sided die is engraved with Cirth script for the numbers 1 through 4. Cirth was created by J. R. R. Tolkien to illustrate his stories (e.g. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings).

The pictures, below, show each side of the die in the order of the numeric value – the first photo shows the symbol corresponding to the number 1, the second for the number 2, etc.

Although a part of my Script series (as well as the Kinetic series), the meaning of the symbols is a stronger than usual element in the design of this object. This is a fully functional 4 sided die that is meant to be used, and so the numeric transliteration of these symbols was used in its design.