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Three Knuckle bone Gaming Pieces
Description
Bone
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Three animal knucklebones arranged in a row.
The image depicts three animal knucklebones, likely used as gaming pieces. Each piece shows signs of natural wear and has a pale, aged patina. They are irregularly shaped and have a tactile quality characteristic of ancient game artifacts.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
bone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414962 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.505a–c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547051 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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