Astragalus of a cow, Myrmekion Crimea, Hellenistic period, astragalus condylo-talus bone of a cow, bones, antiquity, 323–30 BC, found at Myrmekion, product of nature, height 4.6 cm, A beige, irregularly shaped object with a textured, slightly pitted surface sits against a smooth gray background; the object has rounded lobes and depressions with subtle shadows, and its surface shows areas of lighter and darker beige along with small pale white marks and tiny dark spots.
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Astragalus of a cow, Myrmekion Crimea, Hellenistic period, astragalus condylo-talus bone of a cow, bones, antiquity, 323–30 BC, found at Myrmekion, product of nature, height 4.6 cm, A beige, irregularly shaped object with a textured, slightly pitted surface sits against a smooth gray background; the object has rounded lobes and depressions with subtle shadows, and its surface shows areas of lighter and darker beige along with small pale white marks and tiny dark spots.

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Astragalus cow Myrmekion Crimea Hellenistic period astragalus condylo-talus bone bones antiquity 323–30 Bc Myrmekion product nature height 4.6 cm beige irregularly shaped object textured slightly pitted surface sits smooth gray background rounded lobes depressions subtle shadows surface areas lighter darker beige small pale white marks tiny dark spots.

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