Description (Catalog Card): Inlay, or gaming pieces and inlay. 7 shell squares each originally engraved which were inlaid between borders of narrow brown wood(?) strips: also 5 shale disks each inlaid with 5 large white dots and 1, 2, or 3 small red dots; and two square shale pieces each inlaid with 5 white dots (probably there were more which were lost); the shell squares are inlay, the others may be gaming pieces. [drawing 1:1]1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): B34     
Material (Catalog Card): Shell2     
Material (Catalog Card): Shale2     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods 1955 Woolley, L. (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:75 Page:37 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:75 Page:37 (none)
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