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Description: | LeadPossible playing piece. Flat disc cut from cast lead sheet; this may be a counter or playing piece. Such objects, like boards used to play games, were often ephemeral or improvised items, a fact which can render their firm identification problematical. A range of such board games includes Tabula (Tables), a version of Backgammon dating to the Roman period; Merels or Nine Men's Morris, and Hnafetafl, the latter two being games of strategy popular from Early Medieval times onwards. Suggested date: Unknown, 40-1800.Length/Diameter: 16.8mm, Width: 14.3mm, Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 3.80gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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