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<p>This paper addresses the question of the presence of gaming equipment (painted gaming tables and dice) in Attic tombs of the 7th and 6th century BC. It is argued that this type of funerary goods, whether functional at once, or not, have acquired a specific social and ideological meaning related to the notion of leisure, specifically destined to the upper classes. They first appear in the early 7th century, when such equipment must have been a rarity in mainland Greece, and their use was revived during the first third of the 6th century BC, a period of polarization between the aristocracy and the rest of the Athenian population.</p>
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This paper addresses the question of the presence of gaming equipment (painted gaming tables and dice) in Attic tombs of the 7th and 6th century BC. It is argued that this type of funerary goods, whether functional at once, or not, have acquired a specific social and ideological meaning related to the notion of leisure, specifically destined to the upper classes. They first appear in the early 7th century, when such equipment must have been a rarity in mainland Greece, and their use was revived during the first third of the 6th century BC, a period of polarization between the aristocracy and the rest of the Athenian population.

Board Games Equipment from Archaeological Contexts in Archaic Attica

Board Game Studies Journal

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This paper addresses the question of the presence of gaming equipment (painted gaming tables and dice) in Attic tombs of the 7th and 6th century BC. It is...

Board Games Equipment from Archaeological Contexts in Archaic Attica

Published Online: Apr 26, 2022

Page range: 129 - 157

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2022-0005

Keywords
Board games, gaming tables, die, funerals, Attica

© 2022 Dimitris Paleothodoros, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Board Games Equipment from Archaeological Contexts in Archaic Attica

Published Online: Apr 26, 2022

Page range: 129 - 157

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2022-0005

KeywordsBoard games, gaming tables, die, funerals, Attica

© 2022 Dimitris Paleothodoros, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Board games, gaming tables, die, funerals, Attica