Backgammon Piece - 3D Model

• Main Authors: Catherine Anne Cassidy, Skúli Gunnarsson, Iain Oliver, Alan Miller
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Skriðuklaustur Monastery; 3-D Object; CULTURAL HERITAGE; History; Digital Heritage; Digital Humanities; National Museum of Iceland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4560105

3D model of a backgammon piece. A few gaming pieces were found at the excavation, including chess pieces, dice and this wooden backgammon piece. Gaming objects are frequently found in archaeological excavations at cloisters abroad. The finds here show that pastimes such as chess and backgammon were...