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 square, flat object with a worn, textured surface in creamy beige and yellow tones sits against a plain light gray background; the object shows several brown and dark brown circular markings with rough, crumbly edges and a few small areas of reddish and orange discoloration, along with many fine brownish streaks and speckles across its surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A00_253

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30.1Mb (609.3Kb) / 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 square flat object worn textured surface creamy beige yellow tones sits plain light gray background object several brown dark brown circular markings rough crumbly edges small areas reddish orange discoloration fine brownish streaks speckles across surface.