Artifact, Unidentified

Description

Brass cube with quasispherical cavities on all six faces, 1 9/16" on a side. Side 1 (with obscure label): one cavity 9/64" diameter x 1/16" depth, two cavities 5/32" diameter x 3/32", one 3/16" diameter x 3/32", and one 1" diameter x 1 3/32" depth. Side 2: 1 cavity 1 5/16" diameter x 1/2". Side 3 (five cavities): one 1/16" diameter x 1/16" depth, one 3/32" diameter x 1/16" depth, one 1/8" diameter x 1/16" depth, one 9/64" diameter x 3/32, and one 1 1/16" diameter x 19/32" depth. Side 4 (four cavities): one 7/16" diameter x 1/8" depth, one 15/32" diameter x 5/32" depth, one 1/2" diameter x 5/32" depth, and one 17/32" diameter x 9/64" depth. Side 5 (five cavities): one 5/32" diameter x 3/32" depth, one 3/16" diameter x 1/8" depth, one 7/32" diameter x 3/32" depth, one 1/4" diameter x 1/8" depth, and 15/16" diameter x 3/8" depth. Side 6 (five cavities): one 1/4" diameter x 1/8" depth, one 17/64" diameter x 1/8" depth, one 7/32" diameter x 1/8" depth, one 5/16" diameter x 1/8" depth, and one 3/4" diameter x 5/16" depth. Since there are no visible machine marks in the cavities, it appears that this cube was cast rather than machined.