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Knuckle Bone Early Dynastic Period
Description
Game counter, knuckle bone. Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1, reign of Den?, ca. 3100–2900 B.C. Bone. L: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); w: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.). Possibly from: Umm el-Qaab, Tomb of Den. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901.
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)
“01492” (with an unclear leading character)
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Bone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116277546 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 01.4.92 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547397 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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