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Evidence for Li'b al-Sidr

2 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.2423
Type Contemporary text
Location 29°35'21.32"N, 52°35'2.89"E 33°30'40.06"N, 36°18'12.21"E 33°19'16.16"N, 44°25'5.05"E 31°45'58.19"N, 35°12'54.76"E 13°34'35.83"N, 44° 1'5.35"E 21°25'18.18"N, 39°49'31.68"E
Date 1326-01-01 - 1410-12-31
Rules Three concentric squares with lines connecting the corners and the midpoints of the squares
Content Entry in al-Firuzabadi's (1326–1414) al-Qamus al-Muhit: Li'b al-Sidr, they make twenty-four lines, and its picture is this: And they would sort pebbles in it. With a diagram of three concentric squares with lines connecting the corners and the midpoints of the squares. Murray 1951: 43; Firuzabadi 1410.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press., al-Firuzabadi. 1410. al-Qamus al-Muhit.

Id DLP.Evidence.2424
Type Artifact
Location 32°41'0.38"N, 35°39'53.84"E
Date 0600-01-01 - 0799-12-31
Rules Three concentric circles with lines connecting the midpoints of the sides and the corners.
Content Graffiti from the Hall of Inscriptions in the Umayyad bathhouse at Hammat Gader. Three concentric squares with lines connecting the midpoints and corners. Amitai-Preiss 1997: 272-273, 277.
Confidence 100
Spaces Public
Source Amitai-Preiss, N. 1997. 'Arabic inscriptions, graffiti and games.'In Y. Hirschfeld, The Roman Baths of Hamat Gader: Final Report. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. pp. 267–278.

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