Period Ancient

Region Northern Africa

Category Reconstruction, Pending, Board, Race

Description

This game, the name for which has been lost, was found in a tomb at Saqqara, Egypt. It is one of the oldest preserved complete sets of a board game. The board was found along the spine of the skeleton in the grave, and a bag with the pieces replaced the person's head.

Rules

2x13 board. Thirteen pieces per player, one with tall pieces and the other with short pieces.

Origin

Egypt

Ludeme Description

Saqqara Game.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Crist et al. 2016: 39; Kendall 2007: 33

Evidence Map

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Evidence category: All Artifact Art Text Ethnography

Evidence coloured based on: Age None

Map style: Streets OpenStreetMaps ArcGIS Topographique Voyager

Sources

Crist, W., A.-E. Dunn-Vaturi and A. de Voogt. 2016. Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games Across Borders. London: Bloomsbury.

Emery, W. 1954. Excavations at Sakkara: Great Tombs of the First Dynasty II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.

Kendall, T. 2007. 'Mehen.' In I. Finkel (ed), Ancient Board Games in Perspective. London: British Museum Press, p. 33–45.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.682

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