This category includes pieces used in gaming. They can include dice, roundels, or knuckle bones.  In cases where we are unsure if a roundel is a counting device or a game piece, they have been double tagged.  

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
8633G (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633H (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633I (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633J (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633K (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
9357A (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 Bone disks Perforated in middle
9357B (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 Bone disks Perforated in middle
9357C (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 Bone disks Perforated in middle
9357D (none) (none) (none) [A-D] 4 Bone disks Perforated in middle
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Child Terms

Knuckle bones - Dice/Die - Disc

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Games and Music > Gaming Piece


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British Museum Semantic Web Collection Online