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Roman ceramic gaming board
The arrangement consists of lines of twelve roughly incised conventionalized ivy leaves, on opposite sides, with a geometrical pattern in the middle. Down the centre of the board runs an incised line carrying twelve pairs of scrolls corresponding to the ivy leaves with the geometrical compass drawn pattern in the centre. The whole is enclosed by a raised moulded border. Back plain, smooth surface. Board bowed along it shorter length.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.1/780
Find Information
Site Name: Holt, Wrexham
Grid Reference: SJ 405 546
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1907-1915
Acquisition
Purchase, 7/1/1925
Measurements
length / mm:485
width / mm:430
thickness / mm:25 [at rim]
weight / g:3352
Material
ceramic
Location
St Fagans Life Is gallery : Entertainment
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