Die
Description
Dice. Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 330. ivory. 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 cube with painted markings on multiple faces; appears to be an inscribed/marked dice-like object rather than a carved human/animal figure.
The image shows a small, off-white/cream cube with slightly worn edges. Several faces have dark circular dot motifs resembling pips, and one face includes a red/black painted marking near the top edge that does not clearly resolve as Egyptian hieroglyphs. No readable hieroglyphic lines, cartouches, or deity iconography are visible. The object is photographed against a plain white background, with no visible mounting or associated text. The surface shows abrasion consistent with an aged or handled artifact.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276185 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 97.4.125 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547963 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.