Knossos board game

Minoan board game

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Knossos board game

Created	c. 1600 BC
Discovered	1900 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Discovered by	Arthur Evans
Present location	Heraklion, Crete, Greece

The Knossos board game (Greek: Ζατρίκιον; zatrikion) is a unique archaeological object belonging to the Minoan civilization that is preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion.

It was found by Arthur Evans in the archaeological excavations of Knossos, in an area to the northeast of the palace that has since been called the "corridor of the zatrikion". It is dated to the time of the second palaces (between 1700 and 1500 BC). It is a rectangular piece, made on a wooden base with valuable materials such as ivory, rock crystal, glass paste, gold and silver.^[1]

Four cone-shaped ivory pieces were found next to the board, which were probably part of the game.

References

^ Eli (2017-11-12). "Knossos Game – Zatrikion". Ancient Games - Playing the Board Games of the Ancient World. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

Arthur Evans: "The Palace of Knossos". In: The Annual of the British School at Athens. Vol. 7, 1901, The Royal Gaming Board, pp. 77–82
Arthur Evans: The Palace of Minos. Vol. 1. Macmillan, London 1921, pp. 463–485
Robert S. Brumbaugh: "The Knossos Game Board". In: American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 79, No. 2, 1975, pp. 135–137, JSTOR:503893
Ulrich Schädler: "Spielen im Labyrinth des Minotaurus?" In: Fachdienst Spiel. Nr. 2/96, 1996, pp. 6–14