Bone astragal of the 11th-13th centuries

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Bone astragal with an ornament of the 11th-13th centuries, found during research in the southwestern part of the Kytaiv posad.

The astragalus game is a game in which the astragalus, the talus bone of the joint of the hind limb of an even-toed animal, was used. It`s the most common game among the peoples of the world. Astragalus are the predecessors of modern playing dice.

Various ornaments and badges were applied to them to indicate the side. In the case of the Kitaiv findings, it is a crossed-out star and parallel lines

Artafact stored in the Scientific Funds of the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.