12318
| Description (Catalog Card): | Gaming Pieces & Markers. 7 Gaming pieces. Squares of black steatite with a square hole bored into the middle of one face: inlaid red pastes; 6 squares of white shell with curved lines engraved in corners, in centre an engraved eye with inlaid lapis centre piece. 1-shell square, plain and engraved with the figure of a gazelle and in the background tall plants of the type commonly found on these plaques. 2-shell markers of thin rectangular strips engraved on the thin side with linear decoration. On the other 3 sides each end are 2 incised concentric circles. [drawing 1:1]1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1326 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Steatite2 |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Shell2 |
| U Number: | 12318 |
| Object Type: | Games and Music >> Gaming Piece |
| Season Number: | 07: 1928-1929 |
| Description (Modern): | Gaming pieces |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Metamorphic >> Greenstone >> Steatite |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/1326 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:52 Page:189 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:52 Page:189 | (none) |
- 1 Media