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Evidence for Saqqara Game
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1544
Type Artifact
Location 29°50'59.34"N, 31°13'0.04"E
Date 3100-01-01BCE - 2900-12-31BCE
Rules 2x13 board. Thirteen pieces per player, one with tall pieces and the other with short pieces.
Content 2x13 board and 26 pieces founs in Tomb 3504-16 at Saqqara, dating to the First Dynasty. The board was found placed along the spine of the man interred here, whose head was missing. A bag with the playing pieces replaced his head. Emery 1954: 31, pl. 29.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Emery, W. 1954. Excavations at Sakkara: Great Tombs of the First Dynasty II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
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