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Evidence for Tabulae

3 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.2426
Type Artifact
Location 51°51'55.78"N, 2°15'7.37"W
Date 1070-01-01 - 1120-12-31
Rules Two rows of twelve points. Fifteen pieces per player.
Content Tabulae set found in a ditch at Gloucester Castle. 24 bone points survived along with thirty playing pieces. Stewart 2007.
Confidence 100
Source Stewart. I.J. 2007. A Late Eleventh-Cuentury Tabulae Set from Gloucester. In I. Finkel (ed.), Ancient Board Games in Perspective. London: British Museum press, 235–244.

Id DLP.Evidence.2427
Type Artifact
Location 48°18'8.35"N, 0°37'5.77"W
Date 0950-01-01 - 1150-12-31
Rules 2x12 points. Several pieces per player. Multiple six-sided dice.
Content Tabulae set from the château of Mayenne, France. Two rows of 12 points, along with many pieces that likely belonged to multiple sets. Seven six-sided dice were also found. Goret and Poplin 2011: 194–199.
Confidence 100
Source Goret, J.-F. and F. Poplin. 2011. Les pièces de jeu médiévales découvertes de la site du château de Mayenne. Bulletin de la Société nationale des Antiquaires de France, 192–203.

Id DLP.Evidence.2428
Type Artifact
Location 48°56'7.68"N, 2°21'35.81"E
Date 1100-01-01 - 1125-12-31
Rules 2x12 board.
Content Board found in excavations at Saint-Denis, France. Two rows of twelve points. Found in early twelfth century context. Meyer and Wyss 1991.
Confidence 100
Source Meyer, N. and M Wyss. 1991. Un jeu de tables du XIIe siècle provenant de Saint-Denis. Archéologie médiévale 21: 103–113.

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