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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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