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Image Not Available for Bronze ring through sheeps knucklebone for dicing
Bronze ring through sheeps knucklebone for dicing
Image Not Available for Bronze ring through sheeps knucklebone for dicing
Object Number 24-24-50/B4051
Display Title Bronze ring through sheeps knucklebone for dicing
Descriptions
Object Description Bronze ring surviving through hole in bone fragment. (ring now broken)
Inventory Description Copper ring and mammal bone fragments, metatarcal
Classification
  • Personal
Department Archaeological
Date 270 B.C.- A.D. 350
Culture
  • Meroitic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / <State> / <County> / <City> / Gammai
Intrasite Cemetery E, Grave 85
Additional Geographic Terms Nubia
Materials Copper, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 2.6 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm (1 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 7

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