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8. Daily life and cultural appropriation in Early Bronze Age Canaan: Games and gaming in a domestic neighbourhood at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel.

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Albaz, Shira, Greenfield, Haskel J., Greenfield, Tina L., Brown, Annie, Shai, Itzhaq, and Maeir, Aren M.

Subjects
*BRONZE Age, *INTELLECTUAL life, *EVERYDAY life, *GAMEBOARDS, *BOARD games, *CULTURAL appropriation
Abstract

Discussions on daily life in Early Bronze Age society in the southern Levant often focus on subsistence or ritual phenomena, while aspects relating to entertainment and leisure are rarely discussed. This paper presents evidence for gaming behaviour, in the form of game boards and game pieces, that were recovered in the excavations of the Early Bronze Age (early to mid-3rd millennium bce) residential neighbourhood at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel. All the objects discussed are considered to be part of games (playing pieces, casting pieces, and boards) based on their resemblance to game boards and pieces published from various Early Bronze sites in the southern Levant (e.g., Arad, Megiddo, and Bab edh-Dhra), serve as the backdrop for: 1) a perspective on the social and cultural relationships reflected in these games; 2) an examination of the origins of the 'Senet/30 Houses' game; and 3) the appropriation of foreign cultural facets in Early Bronze Age Canaan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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15. Board Games in Biblical Gath.

Author

Albaz, Shira, Shai, Itzhaq, Greenfield, Haskel J., and Maeir, Aren M.

Subjects
*BOARD games, *SENET (Game), *NEOLITHIC Period, BIBLICAL antiquities
Abstract

The article discusses the uniqueness of board games from the Biblical world which are made of durable materials, such as stones, pebbles, bones, sticks, twigs and animal turds. It mentions that board games attested from Canaan from as early as the Neolithic period in both public and domestic contexts. It also mentions the Game of 30 Squares, known as Senet in Egypt, the most common board game in Bronze Age Canaan.

Published
2017

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