Game Piece (?)
Predynastic Period–Old Kingdom
Not on view
This football-shaped object 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. A more common game pieces for this game were marble made of different colors of stone to differentiate the pieces of each player.
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