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Gaming board and playing pieces
This slate gaming board and four quartz pebble playing pieces, part of a set of 16, were found at the site of the Norse settlement of Jarlshof in Shetland. They were used between 1050 and 1200.
The board has an incised chequer-board pattern on one face.
Viking gaming pieces of bone, amber, glass or stone have been found both in settlements and burials. Various types of games were played, including a type of war game and others involving the use of dice.
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000-100-042-678-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland X.HSA 801 |
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Between 1050 and 1200
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Quartz, white Slate; incised chequer board pattern on one face
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5.80" x 3.50" x 0.50"
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Board, gaming Pebble / playing piece
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Scotland, Shetland, Sumburgh, Jarlshof Scotland, Shetland, Sumburgh, Jarlshof
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Set of sixteen white quartz pebbles used as playing pieces, from Jarlshof Slate gaming board with incised chequer board pattern on one face, from Jarlshof
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