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Evidence for Dris at-Talata

1 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.1766
Type Ethnography
Location 30° 2'29.49"N, 31°13'56.00"E
Date 1762-01-01 - 1762-12-31
Rules 3x3 grid. Three pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing a piece on the board. When all of the pieces are placed, players alternate turns moving a piece to an empty adjacent space on the board. The player who places three pieces in an orthogonal row wins.
Content "Das in Niedersachsen nicht unbekannte Spiel Trip, Trap, Trul. figur K. heißt bei den Arabern Dris et talata. Dieß spielet man gemeinglich mit Scherben von zwei verschiedenen Farben." Niebuhr 1774: 171-172; Pl. XXV.K.
Confidence 100
Source Niebuhr, C. 1774. Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Copenhagen: Nicolaus Müller.

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