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Evidence for Coptic Game
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1543
Type Artifact
Location 27°49'0.02"N, 30°53'0.48"E
Date 0650-01-01 - 0699-12-31
Rules Three-stepped board. Top step: five rows of holes; four in the outer two rows, two in the next rows in, one in the central; second step: five holes in outer rows, central three rows with four holes; lower step: ten holes in outer rows; ten holes in next two rows; central row empty.
Content Ivory board found in a woman's burial at Antinoë, Egypt. C14 dating places the tomb in the late 6th century CE. Three-stepped board. Top step: five rows of holes; four in the outer two rows, two in the next rows in, one in the central; second step: five holes in outer rows, central three rows with four holes; lower step: ten holes in outer rows; ten holes in next two rows; central row empty.Gayet 1902: 47-48, 51; Crist et al 2016: 123-124.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Genders Female, Male
Source Crist, W., A.-E. Dunn-Vaturi and A. de Voogt. 2016. Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games Across Borders. London: Bloomsbury.
, Gayet, A. 1902. Antinoú et les sépultures de Thaïs et Sérapion. Paris: Société Française d'Éditions d'Art.
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