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Mehen episkopoi [family: mehen]
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period: Middle Bronze (1900-1600)
date: ~ 1800 B.C
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original location : Cyprus (Episkopi)
context: ?
fabric:  couleur: grey  state:
dimensions: diameter : 33 cm
conservation: Cyprus Museum:
designs : Squares craved but not precisly designed
disposition of the grid: Two holes on the side were used probably for the beginning of the game, whereas the central one indicates the end of it.
accessories: none
publications: Swiny, S 1927 The Science of Society
x, New Haven
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