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Gaming piece

Naqada I to 2750–2649 B.C., or earlier
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueDiorite(?)
DimensionsDiameter: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3736
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid tomb 685 [M/685]. 1913: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt in the division of finds. (Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
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Mace head
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