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Museum August Kestner Ancient Cultures Tesseren [1607]
Tessera in Form einer Sau (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
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Tessera in the shape of a sow

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Description

In the form of a sow to the right. - Rs.: numeral sign V. - Tablets with numeral signs are interpreted as lot stones for the allocation of the berth at the banquet. (AVS)

Former collection August Kestner, Rome

Material/Technique

Ivory

Measurements

Length: 3.9 cm, width: 1.7 cm

Literature

  • Behrens, Gustav (1940): Römische Lose in Tiergestalt. Germania 24, 20-22 Taf. 7
  • Mlasowsky, Alexander (1991): Die antiken Tesseren im Kestner-Museum. Hannover, 62 Nr. 115
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