Rules for the Royal Game (P498293)

Game board excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 120834

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Game board

Material(s)

Bone > Shell, Wood

Genre / Subgenre(s)

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No linguistic content

Measurements

301.0 mm × 110.0 mm × 24.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Game board Artifact type comments:

    board game

  • Material: Bone > Shell, Wood
  • Measurements (mm): 301.0 high × 110.0 wide × 24.0 thick
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    board game

  • primary: Rules for the Royal Game,

    [Finkel2007Rules] Finkel, Irving L. 2007. “On the Rules for the Royal Game of Ur.” Edited by Irving L. Finkel. Ancient Board Games in Perspective. Papers from the 1990 British Museum Colloquium, 16–32.

  • history: Board games and fortune telling,

    [Finkel1995BoardGames] Finkel, Irving L. 1995. “Board Games and Fortune Telling.” Edited by Alexander J. de Voogt. New Approaches to Board Games Research: Asian Origins and Future Perspectives, 64–72.

  • history: UE 2, p. 276, pl. 95b

    [Woolley1934UE2] Woolley, C. Leonard. 1934. The Royal Cemetery: A Report on the Predynastic and Sargonic Graves Excavated between 1926 and 1931. Ur Excavations, vol. 2.

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  • Museum No.: BM 120834
  • Accession No.: 1928-10-09, 0378

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 09000
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2016-05-14 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Rules for the Royal Game Artifact Entry.” 2016. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 14, 2016. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P498293.
Rules for the Royal Game artifact entry (No. P498293). (2016, May 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P498293
Rules for the Royal Game artifact entry (2016) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P498293 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	year = {2016},
	month = {may 14},
	title = {Rules for the {Royal} {Game} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P498293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P498293},
}


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