Set of twelve red terracotta balls

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late 4th or early 3rd century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

These terracotta balls may be game tokens. Based on only a few representations of people seated at a table with some sort of game board, they could have been used in a game resembling checkers or backgammon. Various gaming pieces, especially pairs of dice, were often part of Etruscan tomb furnishings.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 4th or early 3rd century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1903