Die
Description
Dice. Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 330. Ivory. 0.8 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm (5/16 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.). From: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1896–97. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Small carved ivory cube/dice-like object with incised circular dot/eye-like marks on multiple faces.
The image shows a small, pale object shaped like a cube (or die) with rounded edges. The surface is decorated with repeating incised dark marks: each visible face contains several ring-like circles (outer ring with dark center) arranged in a scattered but patterned layout. No readable human figures, animals, deities, or cartouches are visible. The marks appear to be simple decorative/inscribed spots rather than structured hieroglyphic text. There is no clear Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script. No inscription long enough to quote can be confidently extracted. Material visible is consistent with carved ivory (light color with faint natural texture/striations).
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.