8633C
| Description (Catalog Card): | Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | TTE PG 341 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | each side 0016 |
| U Number: | 8633C |
| Object Type: | Games and Music >> Gaming Piece |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Counters |
| Description (Modern): | Black-brown material, polished and burned. Natural striations noted in material itself, either a shell or horn core(?). Shape is four-sided, longer at one side. Corners have been blunted and two of them have shallow drill holes. One hole is filled with white paste. |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Shell |
| Museum Number (UPM B-number): | B16974A |
| Measurement (Weight): | 4.3 |
| Measurement (X): | 17 |
| Measurement (Y): | 15 |
| Notes: | Penn records do not link B16974B to u8633, but the object matches the object drawn in catalog. British Museum links u8633 with 120840, however, the number of objects is not specified. |
| [1] Woolley's description |
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| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/341 | (none) | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:39 Page:69 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:39 Page:69 | (none) |
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