Gaming in the ancient world: selected artefacts from the Penn Museum. Gameboard from Ur, I

Gaming in the ancient world: selected artefacts from the Penn Museum. Gameboard from Ur, Iraq. Made of Shell, limestone, and lapis. B16742. Two knucklebone from the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates, Cyprus. Made of bronze. 54-28-201 & 54-28-202. A Roman loaded die, from Athens. 2003-37-1. Game board from Ur, Iraq. Made of clay. Brick with 10 x 6 squares, used as a counting board. Red coating. B16563. Egyptian lion game piece, from Abydos. First Dynasty, 3000 - 2800 BC, made of ivory. E11522. Game board from Ur, Iraq. Made of clay. Brick with point drawing, a chess board? B16562. Persian dice, from Iran. Made of bronze. Two sets of four metal plaques on a metal post. The numbers are indicated by a dot with a circle pressed into metal. Some overlapping. 29-221-283C. Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, via their online collections. -- source link

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