L Cooper Wrote:
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> I believe what is being referred to can be found
> in Petrie's Naqada and Ballas, Plate VII. There is
> some minor discussion of this plate on p. 14 of
> the text, but nothing too illuminating.
>
> See -
>
> An interesting book that might be helpful is
> "Ancient Board Games in Perspective", edited by
> I.L. Finkel. In it is an article by E.B. Pusch
> concerning "The Egyptian Game of Twenty Squares" -
> which is subtitled "Is it related to marbles and
> the game of snake?" Perhaps the "pins" in
> Petrie's Plate VII are game pieces for this, or
> some sort of similar, board game?
>
> Edit: I Just found that Petrie does discuss this
> further on p. 35 of his text. He suggests it may
> be a game similar to the still current (in his
> day) marble game of "skittles".

Thanks very much for the references. These sites provide really good examples of the way people can interpret objects in a multitude of ways..

bill