Ivory gaming piece or ticket

Details

• Title

  Ivory gaming piece or ticket

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt › Al-Iskandarīyah › Al-Iskandarīyah (possible) (possible place of purchase)

• Date

  1st - 2nd century AD (AD 1 - 200)

• Material and technique

  ivory, carved

• Object type

  communications equipment › ticket;

  games/sporting equipment › game › game-piece › gaming-piece

• Dimensions

  3 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Revd. G.J. Chester, 1892.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1892.869

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