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Source Description
This monkey, seated, with its right paw supporting its head, left paw on the genitals, is carefully designed to look as through it had been carved from an astragal (knucklebone). The prototypes for such objects were undoubtedly made from real astragals. The shape and posture of the animal makes it likely that it was produced in Alexanderia.
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Document identity
localId
11743
label
Monkey Shaped Game Piece
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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6
Source metadata
id
11743
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Monkey Shaped Game Piece
description
This monkey, seated, with its right paw supporting its head, left paw on the genitals, is carefully designed to look as through it had been carved from an astragal (knucklebone). The prototypes for such objects were undoubtedly made from real astragals. The shape and posture of the animal makes it likely that it was produced in Alexanderia.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd-1st century BC (Greco-Roman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
game pieces
figurines
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6
pageCount
6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.8
height
1.1
depth
0.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/16 x W: 7/16 x D: 5/16 in. (2.75 x 1.13 x 0.87 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Number] On old label: 54
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
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bone
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6182
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EGY
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none
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