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<DIV>Some time ago there was a discussion about "Hnefatafl material at
Hedeby". Peter Michaelsen mentioned one king gamig piece from a Viking
settlement in Truso. </DIV>
<DIV>This exact hnefi is maed of red amber, almost 3 cm.high</DIV>
<DIV>I've started to count gaming pieces found so far in Truso (i.e. last week
dr Jagodzinski have brought to museum 1 tafl gaming piece mafe of amber, the
second of bone and third unfinished [bone]). </DIV>
<DIV>There was my presentation during the Board Games Studies Colloquium in
Lisboa (IV.2008) about gaming pieces in Truso. So far i can tell (still have to
find time to dig through the boxes from the80's with artefacts from Truso)
that in the Museum of Archaeology and History in Elblag we have (if I
remember well): 41 gaming pieces (c.a. 27 amber gaming pieces), 32 semi-finished
(amber) and 8 fragments of gaming pieces + those uncounted from this year.</DIV>
<DIV>Most of the gaming pieces could be used in the tafl-type games (4 of the
gaming pieces cuold be used fo backgammon type of games).</DIV>
<DIV>I am still writing an article about games in Truso and hope to find a place
to publish it.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Piotr Adamczyk, lecturer in the Department of
Education and Promotion</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Museum of Archaeology and History in
Elblag</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>POLAND</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>