Game piece in the shape of a baboon 332–30 Ptolemaic Period Animal ankle joints, anatomically termed astragals, were used as gaming pieces. The knucklebone itself might be carved, or astragal-shaped gaming pieces might be carved from other sources or materials. All were termed astragals, which were used like dice or baboon has been compactly carved, seated and with limbs and head against its body, to serve as an Game piece in the shape of a baboon 545212

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