Roman game boards from Abu Sha'ar (Red Sea Coast, Egypt)

Antiquity

Volumn 78, Issue 301, 2004, Pages 602-617

  Mulvin, Lynda ^a   Sidebotham, Steven E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Board games; Egypt; Roman

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; ROMAN ERA;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 5044233997     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00113250     Document Type: Article

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