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tessera

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Definitions

  1. a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).

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  • 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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