Die
1914.05.0164
Detailed Images
Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Die (1914.05.0164) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | 2nd - 6th century |
Culture | Egyptian |
Location | On Exhibitin the Egypt exhibit |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Height) | 0.7 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Width) | 0.7 cm |
Dimension 3 (Depth) | 0.6 cm |
Weight | 1 g |
Measuring Remarks | None |
Materials | Animal--Tooth--Ivory |
Manufacturing Processes | Carved |
Munsell Color Information | Pale Yellow (2.5 Y 8.5/4) -ns |
Research Remarks
Published Description | "Like catalogue number 142, these roughly cubical dice, two large and two small, are incised with dotted circles to mark the value of each surface. See Martin, pp. 42-43, fig. 59; Stryzgowski, pl. XX, 8944; and Petrie, 1927, pl. XLIX for similar examples."--Eunice Dauterman Maguire, Henry Maguire and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers, Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989), 227. |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. The British Museum. Antinoupolis at the British Museum Online Catalog. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/antinoupolis.aspx Griffith Institute Archives, University of Oxford. John de Monins Johnson photographic negatives. http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4johnson.html Maguire, Eunice Dauterman, Henry Maguire and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers. Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | Egypt Exploration Society |
Reproduction | no |
Reproduction Information | N/A |