Ur
Dublin Core
Title
Ur
Description
Players: 2 players
Description: This two-player game has been published under different names but it is a simple race game very much like Backgammon. The game was popular across the Middle East among people of all social strata, and boards for playing it have been found at locations as far away from Mesopotamia as Crete and Sri Lanka.
Contents:
-13.5 x 5.25 inches Wooden Board
-8 Tetrahedron Dice
-11 Brown Tokens
-11 Black Tokens
Description: This two-player game has been published under different names but it is a simple race game very much like Backgammon. The game was popular across the Middle East among people of all social strata, and boards for playing it have been found at locations as far away from Mesopotamia as Crete and Sri Lanka.
Contents:
-13.5 x 5.25 inches Wooden Board
-8 Tetrahedron Dice
-11 Brown Tokens
-11 Black Tokens
Publisher
Wood Expressions, Inc.
Date
c. 2600 BC
Collection
Citation
“Ur,” Special Collections, accessed June 27, 2025, https://archive.fims.uwo.ca/specialcollections/items/show/578.