An even older game than chess

boatman

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I have a board for the Game of Ur the original of which was excavated at the site of the city of UR in Mesopotamia.

No one is certain of the rules but a playable version has been worked out. I had it at a Bronze Age event and it was played with clay pieces made by me. It was a nice complement to performances of Mesopotamian songs accompanied by a reproduction of the Golden Harp of Ur in the organiser's roundhouse.

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To assist players I made a small clay tablet with cuneiform instructions but people preferred the paper version in English

http://www.lyre-of-ur.com/
 
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