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The Royal Game of Ur, from Ur, southern Iraq, ca. 2600-2400 BCE. This game board is one of several with a similar layout found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The wood had decayed but the inlay of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli survived in position so that the original shape could be restored. The board has twenty squares made of shell: Five squares each have flower rosettes, 'eyes', and circled dots. The remaining five squares have various designs of five dots. 11 x 30.1 x 2.4 cm. Inv. AN 120834.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART302286

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3072px × 2093px

Photo Credit © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY

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Early Dynastic Sumerian (3000-2340 BCE)

Game, Entertainment