Incrusted marble board [family:
58 squares]
period:
Middle Iron (950-650)
date: ~
900 B.C |
|
original location :
Syria (Tell Halaf)
context:
next to the Halaf Tell |
fabric:
couleur:
white state:
dimensions:
length: 14,5 cm width: 7,7 height:4 cm
conservation:
National museum Damas: |
| designs :
the squares were carved to be decorated probably with semi-precious stones |
| disposition of the grid:
decorated with hunt scenes. |
| accessories:
none but there used to be a drawer and two holes on the side indicate that it was intended to be transported |
publications:
1938 Homo Ludens : Essai sur la fonction sociale du jeu
2nd (éd) Paris, 1951., Amsterdam |
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