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Highlights from the Collection: Games and Sports

Highlights by Region Anatolia Assyria Cyprus Egypt Iran Mesopotamia Palestine Syria

Highlights by Subject Animals Boats Clothing: Representations of Combat Daily Life Deities Funerary Objects Games and Sports Industry Inscribed Material Jewelry Kings Men Metal Mummies Music Pottery Ritual Objects Seals and Weights Tools Women

Gaming Board

Two types of gaming boards are found among the Megiddo ivories- one for the "game of 58 holes" and the other for the "game of 20 squares." This is one of four similarly-shaped gaming boards for the "game of 58 holes." Every fifth hole, as well as the central panel, was once inlaid with gold and blue paste. "Studs" of gold leaf found alongside the board may have capped the pegs used to play the game.

Revised: February 7, 2007

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