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Description of ancient board games |
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[family:
20 squares]
period:
Late Bronze (1500-1200 B.C.)
date: ~
1300 B.C |
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original location :
Palestine (Tell Beit Mirsim)
context:
Beth Shemesh |
fabric:
couleur:
brown state:
dimensions:
?
conservation:
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| designs :
the squares are roughly designed on the ivory board |
| disposition of the grid:
the particpularity of this board is the curved shape of the usually straight line of 8 holes constituting the top part of the board |
| accessories:
none |
publications:
Albright excavation's
1938 The excavation of Tell Beit Mirsim. vol. II. The Bronze Age
Annual of the American Scools of Oriental reseach, vol. 17, p. 48-49, New Haven |
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