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 central dot. 4th century, Egypt. Height 0.7 cm, width 0.7 cm, depth 0.7 cm., A small square object with a smooth, slightly worn surface in a pale yellowish-cream color sits against a neutral light gray background; the square shows a few linear scratches and subtle brownish discolorations, and contains a diagonal arrangement of a few circular depressions or rings that are darker brown and show textured, rough edges with crumbly dark material inside, creating contrast with the lighter surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A00_255

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30.1Mb (590.2Kb) / 10.8in x 10.8in / 3245 x 3245 (300dpi)

Keywords

Game die animal bone six unequal sides side engraved number 1 6 circles central dot 4th century Egypt Height 0.7 cm width 0.7 cm depth 0.7 cm small square object smooth slightly worn surface pale yellowish-cream color sits neutral light gray background square linear scratches subtle brownish discolorations contains diagonal arrangement circular depressions rings darker brown textured rough edges crumbly dark material inside creating contrast lighter surface.