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Playing piece

Description

Bone playing piece decorated on both sides with seven dot and double circle ornament and incised oblique lines around the edge, from Urquhart Castle, 13th - 17th century

Museum reference

H.HY 140

Object name

Playing piece

Date

13th - 17th century

Physical description

Bone

Associations

Urquhart Castle, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

PSAS CXII, 1982, p. 465-76

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Canmore Site Record

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