Tessera
"Tessera" in a Sentence (2 examples)
The map was laid using tesserae, small cube-shaped tiles of limestone, marble, or colored stone.
During the reign of Augustus, Rome imported marble from Egypt and Africa, and games of tali and tessera were played.
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