Dr. Crom, an archaeologist and classicist, explains that this ivory tessera (a flat object inlaid in a mosaic), illustrates the hand symbol for the Roman numeral IV–that is, four. Fingers make the V-symbol and the thumb forms the vertical prefix. It’s located in the National Library of France, which is where you will need to go to rock out with it.
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