Dogs and jackals
Dogs and Jackals (also shield game or 30-point game ) describes a game that was common in Egypt at the time of the 12th Dynasty . The rules and the real name of the game are not recorded. Unlike other ancient Egyptian games, it is not passed down through representations in tombs. The name was given to the game type in modern times after the characteristic dog and jackal-headed characters.
History and dissemination
In the Middle Kingdom , "dogs and jackals" was a popular game. Copies of the game have also been found in Palestine and Persia .
Game board
The game board consists of symmetrical halves, each with 10 holes on the inside and 19 additional holes on the outside. There is a 30th hole in the middle. Each of the presumably two players has 5 chopsticks (each with dog or jackal heads) that can be inserted into the holes. Holes 10 and 20 of each half of the game are marked with "bad", holes 15 and 25 with "good".
Preserved copies
- Locality grave of Reniseneb (reign Amenemhet IV. ), Now the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York, donated by Edward S. Harkness , inventory no. July 26, 1287
See also
- The game called Dogs and Jackals in the 9th and 13th Dynasties in Egypt is very similar to Moksha Patamu .
literature
Eveline Zahradnik: The dog as a beloved pet in ancient Egypt on the basis of pictorial, written and archaeological sources: Old and Middle Kingdom. book-on-demand.de, 2009, ISBN 3-86805-408-1 , p. 295.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eveline Zahradnik: The dog as a beloved pet in ancient Egypt on the basis of pictorial, written and archaeological sources: Old and Middle Kingdom. book-on-demand.de, 2009, ISBN 3-86805-408-1 , p. 295
- ↑ Nadja Türk-Gothe: Board Games in Ancient Egypt ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on meritneith.de
- ↑ Game of Hounds and Jackals at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (English)
- ↑ Erwin Glonnegger : The games book. Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1988, ISBN 3-473-42601-6 .
