Die

1914.05.0161

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Die (1914.05.0161)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Recreational Artifacts : Game Equipment : N/A
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Africa, North : Egypt : El-Sheikh Ibada : Antinoe ; Menia Governorate
Period/Date	2nd - 6th century
Culture	Egyptian
Location	On Exhibitin the Egypt exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height)	1.4 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	1.3 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	1.2 cm
Weight	3 g
Measuring Remarks	None
Materials	Animal--Tooth--Ivory
Manufacturing Processes	Carved

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.
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
Credit Line/Dedication	Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction	no
Reproduction Information	N/A

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