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(type 2) Tableman or counter/gaming piece cut from antler or cattle mandibles. Lathe-turned flat discs used in tabula or tables (board games). Decoration appears on one side and are usually five concentric incised lines or grooves (3 inner and one outer circle, with exception of type 2 which has 2 outer concentric grooves bordering the disc). All have a repeating circle of ring and dot ornament. (type 2) is a discoid, decorated with 2 thin, shallow outer concentric grooves and at least two inner concentric grooves. There is a single circle of close-set ring-and-dot motifs, which almost touch each other.