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Evidence for El-Mahasna Game

1 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.1804
Type Artifact
Location 26°16'32.52"N, 31°49'40.23"E
Date 3500-01-01BCE - 3500-12-31BCE
Rules 3x6 board. Two players, ten smaller pieces and two larger pieces.
Content Clay gaming table with 3x8 pattern on its surface. Ten smaller pieces, and two larger pieces found with it. From Tomn H41 at El-Mahasna, Predynastic. Found in a tomb with two adults and a child. Ayrton and Loat 1911: 30.
Confidence 100
Source Ayrton, E. and W. Loat. 1911. Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El-Mahasna. London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd.

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