Caption

Game die made of animal bone with six unequal sides. Each side is engraved with a number from 1 to 6 as circles with a dot in the center. 4th century, Egypt. Height 0.7 cm, width 0.7 cm, depth 0.7 cm., A small rectangular object with rounded corners in shades of beige and tan sits against a plain light gray background; the object's surface shows a few darker brown circular impressions arranged in two vertical columns, each impression having a darker outer ring and a lighter inner circle, with some rough textured dark brown material within and around the rings, and faint horizontal striations visible on the beige surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A00_252

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30.1Mb (677.9Kb) / 10.8in x 10.8in / 3245 x 3245 (300dpi)

Keywords

Game die animal bone six unequal sides side engraved number 1 6 circles dot center 4th century Egypt Height 0.7 cm width 0.7 cm depth 0.7 cm small rectangular object rounded corners shades beige tan sits plain light gray background object's surface darker brown circular impressions arranged two vertical columns impression having darker outer ring lighter inner circle rough textured dark brown material within rings faint horizontal striations visible beige surface.