The proposed paper aims to present preliminary results on the significance of stone pebbles in tombs and sacred deposits in Greek Sicily. Tha author wonders whether they could be game pieces or also convey a crucial symbolic meaning, given the precious and traslucent stones most of them are made of.

Stone Pebbles as Game Pieces from Sicily? / C. Lambrugo. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Tabulae lusoriae from Ancien Egypt to Late Antiquity tenutosi a Fribourg nel 2019.

Stone Pebbles as Game Pieces from Sicily?

C. Lambrugo
2019

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The proposed paper aims to present preliminary results on the significance of stone pebbles in tombs and sacred deposits in Greek Sicily. Tha author wonders whether they could be game pieces or also convey a crucial symbolic meaning, given the precious and traslucent stones most of them are made of.
1-mag-2019
Stones; pebbles; ancient Sicily; game; marbles; petteia; pessoi
Settore L-ANT/07 - Archeologia Classica
Settore L-FIL-LET/02 - Lingua e Letteratura Greca
Settore L-FIL-LET/04 - Lingua e Letteratura Latina
Université de Fribourg
Stone Pebbles as Game Pieces from Sicily? / C. Lambrugo. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Tabulae lusoriae from Ancien Egypt to Late Antiquity tenutosi a Fribourg nel 2019.
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