Archaeologists claim IP rights to an ancient Roman dodecahedron

A dodecahedron in the collection of the Hunt Museum in Limerick, Ireland. Hunt Museum/Wikimedia/CC0

Richard Parker of the Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group, who found Britain's 33rd Roman dodecahedron, feels they own the rights to the device, for which no one knows what it is, and pushed eBay to take down a clearly labeled "replica."

Mr. Parker …