Game pieces
2960–2770 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueIvory or bone
DimensionsLength x Width: 3.2 x 8.5 cm (1 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number01.7380
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ProvenanceFrom Abydos, tomb of Djer. 1901: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund. (Accession date: October 1, 1901)
1550–1295 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
1550–1070 B.C.
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.