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game piece [3 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

game piece: an item in the "Game Equipment" class of the "Recreational Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pièce de jeu : objet de la classe «Équipement de jeu» de la catégorie «Objets récréatifs».

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

Intricately carved tokens from a nearly 5,000-year old board game have been unearthed in southeast Turkey ... The 49 found pieces may be the oldest gaming tokens ever recovered, and they should help to back the current theory that board games originated in the Middle East over five millennia ago.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Chacune des pièces au jeu de dames, et à divers autres jeux.

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
OBS

a round and flat piece of metal, plastic ebony, etc. used in games for paying

Key term(s)
  • game piece

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)

Spanish

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