paregorios, 1 month ago

An inscribed Roman altar with game board scratched into the back, posted (nice photos, both front and back, but no alt text ... see my thread below) by @Rome_and_stuff:

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It has been published as follows:

EDCS-17200267 = EDR029435 = TM 69126 = CIL 06, 00182 (p 3004, 3755, 4130) = CIL 06, 30708 = CEACelio 00321 = D 03720 = AE 2001, +00219.

http://www.edr-edr.it/edr_programmi/res_complex_comune.php?do=book&id_nr=EDR029435

Alt text:

First photo shows the rough-cut rear face of a rectangular stone altar into which an apparent game board has been cut. The board consists of three concentric squares, with straight lines connecting the center of each side of the outermost square to the corresponding center of each side of the innermost square.

Second photo shows the front of a rectangular, inscribed altar, bearing a five-line Latin text in early imperial characters with common abbreviations ... 1/2

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