Game die made of animal bone with six unequal sides. Each side is engraved with a number from 1 to 6 in the form of 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 a worn, creamy beige surface sits against a plain gray-beige background; the object shows a few circular impressions with dark brown residue and rough, textured edges, and there are subtle vertical striations and darker brown smudges across its face.
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Game die made of animal bone with six unequal sides. Each side is engraved with a number from 1 to 6 in the form of 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 a worn, creamy beige surface sits against a plain gray-beige background; the object shows a few circular impressions with dark brown residue and rough, textured edges, and there are subtle vertical striations and darker brown smudges across its face.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A00_256

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Keywords

Game die animal bone six unequal sides side engraved number 1 6 form circles dot center 4th century Egypt Height 0.7 cm width 0.7 cm depth 0.7 cm small rectangular object worn creamy beige surface sits plain gray-beige background object circular impressions dark brown residue rough textured edges subtle vertical striations darker brown smudges across face.

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