Die
Description
Dice. Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 330. ivory. dimensions: 0.9 cm square (5/16 in square). 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 with rounded edges, decorated on multiple faces with drilled circular/oval motifs and a few red pigment marks. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are clearly visible.
The object appears to be a small, cube-shaped carved piece (ivory-colored) with smooth, worn edges. On several faces are repeated shallow circular/oval features that look like drilled eyes or decorative bosses; the faces show different arrangements of these circular motifs. One face contains several red marks/paint strokes near the top edge, but no clear, organized hieroglyphic characters are readable. The background is plain and the object is photographed in isolation, with no accompanying text. Overall, the imagery does not show identifiable deity iconography, cartouches, or legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276181 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 97.4.122 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547960 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.