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Die Roman PeriodOxyrhynchus (Bahnasa)
Description
Dice. Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 330. ivory. dimensions: 1.1 cm square (7/16 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
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Red painted marks with black ring/pip-like numerals; exact letters/symbols unclear and not reliably readable.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276188 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 97.4.128 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547966 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.