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Evidence for Labyrinth

8 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.575
Type Artifact
Game 58 Holes
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 0500-01-01BCE - 0301-12-31BCE
Rules 59 spaces arranged in an arc around two parallel lines of spaces.
Content Unprovenienced 58 Holes game board from Egypt. Petrie and Brunton 1924: 7, pl. XXII, 25.
Confidence 100
Source Petrie, W. and G. Brunton. 1924 Sedment I. London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt.

Id DLP.Evidence.576
Type Artifact
Game 58 Holes
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1300-01-01BCE - 1201-12-31BCE
Rules 60 spaces arranged in an arc around two parallel lines of spaces, spaces 4, 6, 10 marked.
Content Unprovenienced 58 Holes game board from Egypt. Petrie and Brunton 1924: 8, pl. XXII, 13; Gadd 1934: 46; Drioton 1940: 179ff; Decker and Herb 1994: 683ff.
Confidence 100
Source Petrie, W. and G. Brunton. 1924 Sedment I. London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt., Gadd, C. 1934. 'An Egyptian Game in Assyria.' Iraq 1: 45–50., Drioton, E. 1940. 'Un ancien jeu copte.' Bulletin de la société d'archéologia copte 6, Decker, W. and M. Herb. 1994. Bildatlas zum Sport im Alten Ägypten Corpus der Bildlichen Quellen zu Liebesübungen, Spiel, Jagd, Tanz, und Verwandten Themen. Leiden: Brill.

Id DLP.Evidence.619
Type Artifact
Game 58 Holes
Location 31°23'11.99"N, 34°26'45.44"E
Date 1500-01-01BCE - 1301-12-31BCE
Rules Spaces arranged in an arc around two parallel lines of spaces, space 30 marked. Labyrinth-type board, but labyrinth is broken off.
Content 58 Holes game board found in a habitation at Gerar (Petrie 1928, p. 18, pl. 39, 22; Drioton 1940: 179ff)
Confidence 100
Source Petrie, W. 1928. Gerar. London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt. , Drioton, E. 1940. 'Un ancien jeu copte.' Bulletin de la société d'archéologia copte 6

Id DLP.Evidence.620
Type Artifact
Game 58 Holes
Location 31°51'31.80"N, 34°55'15.26"E
Date 1400-01-01BCE - 1101-12-31BCE
Rules 58 spaces arranged in an arc around two parallel lines of spaces, spaces 15, 20 marked. Labyrinth with six holes around the final hole.
Content 58 Holes game board from Gezer . Macalister 1912: 416, fig. 501; Petrie and Brunton 1924: 7, 12, pl. XXI, XXII; Gadd 1934: 46; Drioton 1940: 179ff; van Buren 1937: 14.
Confidence 100
Source Macalister, R.A.S. 1912. The Excavation of Gezer 1902–1905 and 1907–1909. London: Palestine Exploration Fund. , Petrie, W. and G. Brunton. 1924 Sedment I. London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt., Gadd, C. 1934. 'An Egyptian Game in Assyria.' Iraq 1: 45–50., Drioton, E. 1940. 'Un ancien jeu copte.' Bulletin de la société d'archéologia copte 6, van Buren, E.D. 1937. A gaming-board from Tall Halaf. Iraq 4(1): 11–15.

Id DLP.Evidence.621
Type Artifact
Game 58 Holes
Location 32°34'43.20"N, 35°10'5.04"E
Date 1300-01-01BCE - 1101-12-31BCE
Rules 58 spaces arranged in an arc around two parallel lines of spaces, spaces 1, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 marked, "labyrinth" with 8 spaces.
Content 58 Holes game board found in a palace at Megiddo. Loud 1939: pls. 46-47, no. 220.
Confidence 100
Source Loud, G. 1939. The Megiddo Ivories. Oriental Institute Publications 52. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Id DLP.Evidence.622
Type Artifact
Game 58 Holes
Location 32°34'43.20"N, 35°10'5.04"E
Date 1300-01-01BCE - 1101-12-31BCE
Rules 58 spaces arranged in an arc around two parallel lines of spaces, spaces 1, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 marked, "labyrinth" with 8 spaces.
Content 58 Holes game board found in a palace at Megiddo. Loud 1938: pl. 48, no. 221.
Confidence 100
Source Loud, G. 1939. The Megiddo Ivories. Oriental Institute Publications 52. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Id DLP.Evidence.623
Type Artifact
Game 58 Holes
Location 32°34'43.20"N, 35°10'5.04"E
Date 1300-01-01BCE - 1101-12-31BCE
Rules 58 spaces arranged in an arc around two parallel lines of spaces, spaces 1, 6, 10, 20, 25 marked, "labyrinth" of 8 spaces.
Content 58 Holes game board found in a palace at Megiddo. Loud 1939: pl. 49, no. 222.
Confidence 100
Source Loud, G. 1939. The Megiddo Ivories. Oriental Institute Publications 52. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Id DLP.Evidence.624
Type Artifact
Game 58 Holes
Location 32°34'43.20"N, 35°10'5.04"E
Date 1300-01-01BCE - 1101-12-31BCE
Rules Spaces arranged in an arc around two parallel lines of spaces, spaces 10 and 15, "labyrinth" of 17 spaces.
Content 58 Holes game board from Megiddo found in a palace. Loud 1939, pl. 50, no. 223.
Confidence 100

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