Gaming Piece

4.9.07.5c

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Stone ball probably used as a gaming piece. White and cream in colour. Rough surface in places and some surface loss. 1 of 123 round balls found in the well which led from the subterranean chambers to the still lower funeral chamber of a mastaba tomb at Giza, excavated by Flinders Petrie for the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, season 1906-07.