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Evidence for Matara Game
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2434 Type Artifact Location 14°40'30.55"N, 39°25'31.83"E Date 0600-01-01 - 0800-12-31 Rules 2x8 board with a store. Content Graffiti board found on the steps of the large villa of "Ruin B" at Matara in Eritrea. 2x8 holes, with a ninth larger one on one end. Anfray and Annequin 1965: 53–54; Pankhurst 1971: 154-155; Curtis and Habtemichael 2008: 319–320 for the building and dte. Confidence 100 Spaces Outside, Public Source Anfray, F. and Annequin, G. 1965. Matara—Deuxièeme, troisième, et quatrième campagnes des fouilles. Annales d'Èthiopie 6: 49–86., Pankhurst, R. 1971. Gabata and Related Board Games of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia Observer 14(3):154-206.
, Curtis, M. and D. Habtemichael. 2008. Matara, Keskese, and the Classical Period Archaeology of the Akele Guzay Highlands: A Brief Overview. In P. Schmidt, D. Curits, and Z. Teka (eds.), The Archaeology of Ancient Eritrea. Asmara: The Red Sea Press, 2008.
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