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 viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
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)
3100–2630 B.C.
3850–3650 B.C.
2548–2530 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
2575–2465 B.C.
1550–1458
2334–2154 B.C.
about 4000 B.C.
