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.
A small carved ivory cube (dice-like object) with rounded edges and drilled circular markings on its faces; one face bears red ink/or paint numerals.
The image shows a small, light-colored cube with rounded corners and smooth surfaces, consistent with a carved ivory object. Multiple faces display circular, ring-like depressions (appearing as drilled pips arranged in a dice pattern). On the top-right area, there is a small patch of reddish marking, with numerals that look like “97.4.124” or similar; no Egyptian hieroglyphs, cartouches, or pictorial figures are visible. The object is photographed against a plain light background; no other inscriptions (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are legible.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276183 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 97.4.124 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547962 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.