An Inscribed Astragalus with a Dedication to Hermes
Games of chance? Cultic objects? Just what are astragali (knucklebones) and how were they used? Whatever their function, astragali were well-known, being attested in the ancient Near East from the Chalcolithic to the Roman periods. Guy Bar-Oz presents us with a unique example from Israel of a knuckl...
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University of Chicago Press
2001
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2001, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 215-217 |
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