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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
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Sudan
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<County>
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<City>
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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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