MonissaTwo Pictish gaming boards at the Orkney Museum. (Label text is in the Alt text). From Buckquoy, Birsay, on the Orkney mainland (overlooking the Brough of Birsay, where there are Viking & Pictish settlements), about 9th century.
Most of these boards & pieces, I can't find anything about them over location and date, but these seem to stir some thoughts.
""It has been speculated that these Birsay boards could be the earliest examples of the [Hnefatafl] board so far found and might even indicate a Pictish origin for this essentially Viking game, especially since these sites have mixed Pictish and Viking remains"
(Swandro-Orkney Coastal Archaeology Trust, https://www.swandro.co.uk/post/viking-hnefatafl-it-s-all-fun-and-games-until-someone-loses-an-eye)
#Picts #OldGames #MuseumPhotos
Most of these boards & pieces, I can't find anything about them over location and date, but these seem to stir some thoughts.
""It has been speculated that these Birsay boards could be the earliest examples of the [Hnefatafl] board so far found and might even indicate a Pictish origin for this essentially Viking game, especially since these sites have mixed Pictish and Viking remains"
(Swandro-Orkney Coastal Archaeology Trust, https://www.swandro.co.uk/post/viking-hnefatafl-it-s-all-fun-and-games-until-someone-loses-an-eye)
#Picts #OldGames #MuseumPhotos
