National Museum of Asian Art
Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored mostly from one side leaving slight ridge; mottled shades of light to dark olive and blue greens, with delicate veinings of golden brown on one surface only; surface satin smooth with several circular saw marks on one side; traces of earth incrustation in slight cracks. (Rim chipped in two areas.)
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