Marble
This white marble may have been used as a game piece for mehen, an ancient Egyptian game that was played from prehistoric times until the end of the Old Kingdom. Each player would have marbles made of a different colored stones, or they might have had playing pieces of different shapes, The Museum has two tear-drop pieces and one shaped like an American football that may have been used as game pieces.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble
- Period: Predynastic Period–Old Kingdom
- Date: ca. 3850–2300 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions: Diam. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
- Object Number: 10.130.1196a
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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