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Evidence for Roman Small Merels

3 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.795
Type Artifact
Location 34°39'59.60"N, 32°53'3.92"E
Date 0175-01-01 - 0674-12-31
Rules 3x3 grid.
Content Three Men's Morris board scratched into pavement of Forum at Kourion, Cyprus. Observed by Walter Crist, July 2016.
Confidence 100

Id DLP.Evidence.918
Type Artifact
Location 54°58'41.26"N, 2° 1'44.15"W
Date 0139-01-01 - 0163-12-31
Rules 3x3 board with diagonals.
Content Three Men's Morris board from Roman Fort at Corstopitum, England. Bell 2007: 98, date from Bishop and Dore 1988: 140.
Confidence 100
Source Bishop, M. and J. Dore. 1988. Corbridge: Excavations of the Roman Fort and Towm 1947–1980. London: historic Buildings and Monuments Commission., Bell, R. 2007. 'Notes on Pavement Games of Greece and Rome.' In I. Finkel (ed), Ancient Board Games in Perspective. London: British Museum Press, 98-99.

Id DLP.Evidence.919
Type Artifact
Location 54°57'57.00"N, 2°41'43.95"W
Date 0122-01-01 - 0350-12-31
Rules 3x3 board with diagonals.
Content Three Men's Morris graffiti game board on a stone from Hadrian's Wall, now in the garden wall of a vicarage at Lanercost. Bell 2007: 98.
Confidence 100
Spaces Military
Source Bell, R. 2007. 'Notes on Pavement Games of Greece and Rome.' In I. Finkel (ed), Ancient Board Games in Perspective. London: British Museum Press, 98-99.

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