Greenstone polyhedron inscribed with letters of the Greek alphabet
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2nd–1st century BCE · Greenstone · Greek and Roman Art
The polyhedron has 20 sides, each inscribed with a letter of the Greek alphabet from A (alpha) to Y (upsilon), so that only the last four letters (phi, chi, psi, and omega) are missing. See a faience example (37.11.3) also displayed in this case.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 2nd–1st century BCE
- Medium
- Greenstone
- Culture
- Greek
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1927
