Karanis / Dice Box Bottom / Ivory
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3329
- Object Name
- Dice Box Bottom
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Gaming pieces
- Materials
- Ivory
- Height
- .6 cm
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Round piece of ivory, probably bottom of dice box. Resembles spindle whorl. Hole in center incompletely bored with depression surrounding it. Flat rim chipped in several places, yellowed.
- Unit Grid Number
- 0148
- Component/Room
- 00J
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Type Category
- Ceramic
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.3329
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3329/0000_00_3329
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"Karanis; Dice Box Bottom; Ivory." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3329/0000_00_3329. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.