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Kamid el loz reversible board [family: 20 squares / 30 squares]
reversible board game from Lebanon
period: Late Bronze (1600-1200)
date: ~ 1500 B.C
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original location : Lebanon (kamid el loz)
context: palace
fabric:  couleur: clear  state:
dimensions: L:27,1 cm
conservation: Beyrouth national museum:
designs : the squares used by the game do not seem to be decorated but wild animals are represented on the side of the 20 square side probably related to hunt representations
disposition of the grid: a central line of twelve square for the game of 20 square and the usual three lines of 10 square for the senet side
accessories: 10 prawns and a drawer
publications: hachmann 1982 Frühe phöniker im Libanon,
in Ausstellungskatalog, 1983., Berlin
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