National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Stick With Geometric Pattern
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Bone
Site: Ramla
Lenght: 6.8 cm
Wide: 1.5 cm
Description: Part of a stick-shaped gaming piece , probably a throw stick, decorated symmetrically on both sides with concentric circles that include one of five shallowly perforated holes. The stick is burnished and was probably painted. Its dating is not clear.
Bibliography:
Eva Schbert and Fawwaz al-Khraysheh 2000. The Umayyads. The Rise of islamic Art. Vienna, Beirut, Amman, 188, Inv. No. AM 52.
Eitan Ayalon and Chagit Sorek 1999. Bare Bones. Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones. Tel-Aviv, 50, Fig. 64.

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Stick With Geometric Pattern  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael





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