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Gaming was a favorite pastime at banquets and other social occasions. Small round boxes were used as throwing cups to prevent unfair manipulation of the dice.
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Title: Die
Period: Roman Period
Date: 30 B.C.–A.D. 330
Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), EEF excavations 1896–97
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 1 cm square (3/8 in. square)
Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897
Object Number: 97.4.117
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