dice, dice box
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Summary
: H1966
: Egyptology
: dice, dice box
: A tapered cylindrical tube with the bottom made from a separate piece. The top has a ridge which could have been for holding a lid. The outside (including the bottom) is decorated with parallel rings and circles surrounding dots, all incised. 3 dice. The larger die is an even cube, and of standard layout (opposite sides add up to 7), it is clockwise (i.e. 1, 2 and 3 are read clockwise when looking at the die from an angle. The smaller die is uneven and has one bevelled and incised edge, it is of standard, anti-clockwise format. The third one is rectangular and anti-clockwise.
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: Shurafa
: 30 BC - AD 395
: Roman Period
: [Citation] Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa. p.45.: Given by the British Scool of Archaeology in Egypt, 1912.