Archaeology Trinkets

Random Objects From The Dig Site

"Every excavation begins with the arrogant assumption that the dead have finished speaking. The thrill comes from discovering they haven't."

— Dr. Tolus Jino, archaeomancer and field researcher

d100	Trinket
1	A clay tablet covered in writing no scholar has identified.
2	A coin minted by a kingdom absent from every known history book.
3	A fossilized hand with six fingers.
4	A bronze key with no apparent lock.
5	A fragment of stained glass depicting an unfamiliar constellation.
6	A child's toy carved from petrified wood.
7	A ceremonial dagger dulled by centuries of corrosion.
8	A stone bead engraved with a tiny screaming face.
9	A broken seal bearing the emblem of an unknown ruler.
10	A shard of pottery painted with impossible architecture.
11	A silver ring fused into a lump of ancient brick.
12	A tiny idol whose facial features subtly change each week.
13	A piece of rope preserved inside a block of amber.
14	A brass compass that points underground.
15	A stone disc engraved with a map of a coastline that no longer exists.
16	A mummified bird wrapped in blue silk.
17	A glass eye that occasionally appears to blink.
18	A scrap of parchment that refuses to decay.
19	A copper amulet worn smooth by countless hands.
20	A fossil shell with a perfectly square hole through its center.
21	A ceremonial mask missing half its face.
22	A child's tooth mounted in gold.
23	A stone sphere warm to the touch.
24	A fragment of a crown fashioned from whale bone.
25	A tiny bell that makes no sound.
26	A finger bone carved with legal codes.
27	A lead tablet listing debts owed over a thousand years ago.
28	A marble game piece from a forgotten civilization.
29	A bronze nail longer than your forearm.
30	A crystal lens that slightly distorts faces.
31	A silver spoon engraved with funerary prayers.
32	A clay token granting entry to an unknown festival.
33	A fossilized fish containing a gold coin.
34	A lock of hair sealed in a crystal vial.
35	A tiny bronze cage with no door.
36	A fragment of obsidian mirror.
37	A stone whistle shaped like a dragon.
38	A page torn from an illuminated manuscript written in no known language.
39	A rusted arrowhead larger than your hand.
40	A carved ivory die with thirteen sides.
41	A funerary coin pierced by a nail.
42	A ceramic doll with movable eyes.
43	A miniature stone archway.
44	A copper tube containing a faded map fragment.
45	A shard of green glass older than any known glassmaking technique.
46	A tiny stone coffin containing a dead beetle.
47	A bronze military badge from an unknown army.
48	A sealed clay jar filled with black sand.
49	A gemstone carved into the likeness of a forgotten god.
50	A necklace made from animal teeth that no naturalist recognizes.
51	A brass token stamped "Property of the Ninth Empire."
52	A silver needle that never tarnishes.
53	A child's drawing preserved on a stone slab.
54	A ceremonial spoon carved from jade.
55	A petrified flower.
56	A section of chain made from an unfamiliar metal.
57	A small stone carved to resemble an egg.
58	A cracked monocle recovered from a buried ruin.
59	A bronze handbell engraved with stars.
60	A fragment of a mosaic depicting a city in the clouds.
61	A small iron key whose teeth rearrange themselves.
62	A fossilized feather.
63	A ceremonial cup with no base.
64	A stone amulet depicting a three eyed fish.
65	A bronze gear recovered from an ancient tomb.
66	A scrap of sailcloth from a ship lost centuries ago.
67	A silver coin cut perfectly in half.
68	A tiny statue with worn away facial features.
69	A crystal bead containing a bubble that never moves.
70	A clay tablet recording the weather from a single day.
71	A wooden token granting passage across a bridge that no longer exists.
72	A brass whistle found in a royal burial chamber.
73	A gemstone etched with a map visible only in moonlight.
74	A stone carving depicting a creature unknown to history.
75	A rusted chain link from an impossibly large chain.
76	A bronze finger from a colossal statue.
77	A funerary mask made for a child.
78	A sealed scroll case containing only dust.
79	A silver button from an ancient uniform.
80	A polished stone carved with hundreds of tiny names.
81	A fragment of armor engraved with a poem.
82	A clay whistle shaped like a bird.
83	A small bronze sunburst emblem.
84	A piece of black glass that reflects a different sky.
85	A stone token marked with an unknown calendar system.
86	A gold earring found inside a sealed tomb.
87	A fossilized claw from an unidentifiable creature.
88	A tiny bronze ship with movable sails.
89	A carved bone tube that smells faintly of incense.
90	A silver charm engraved with a forgotten saint.
91	A stone weight from an ancient marketplace.
92	A brass cylinder covered in astronomical symbols.
93	A ceramic tile depicting a solar eclipse.
94	A crystal fragment that glows faintly at dawn.
95	A bronze medallion commemorating an unknown victory.
96	A stone carving depicting a familiar city as a ruin.
97	A tiny golden key worn on a chain.
98	A shard of pottery signed by its maker.
99	A fossilized egg no larger than a walnut.
100	A sealed lead box that rattles softly when shaken.