Game-Boards and Gaming-Pieces in Funerary Contexts in the Northern European Iron Age
Gaming-pieces, dice, and game-boards are found in connection with burials at various times and places from an early date. For instance, in Egypt there was a clear association between the game known as Senet and burials from the time of the Old Kingdom (Pusch 1979; Piccione 1984). Dice are not uncomm...
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2006-06-01
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Series: | Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur |
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Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1802 |