Gaming piece / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.1052
Object Name: Gaming piece
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Gaming pieces
Materials: Glass
Design Style: Marvered
Length: ;
Width: ;
Height: 0.8;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;4.8g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Gaming piece. Circular with low domed top and flat bottom. Mosaic technique: central opaque yellow round cane with translucent green center surrounded by two concentric rows of similar canes all in a translucent green matrix.
Verbatim Date: 1st C BC - 1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.1052
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.1052/dsc_3415.jpg

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Full citation: "Gaming piece; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.1052/dsc_3415.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.