{"id":6029,"date":"2019-09-26T16:53:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/?page_id=6029"},"modified":"2020-04-19T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T07:56:21","slug":"games-and-everyday-objects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/games-and-everyday-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"Games and Everyday Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-89dlq-d323fd0cf39fdc81777cfa0cad1f3c98\">\n.flex_column.av-89dlq-d323fd0cf39fdc81777cfa0cad1f3c98{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:2% 0px 0px 0px;\nbackground-color:#8a7a5b;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-89dlq-d323fd0cf39fdc81777cfa0cad1f3c98 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-fbd8bd28de9abd2253bedad4210ee09b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fbd8bd28de9abd2253bedad4210ee09b{\npadding-bottom:0;\nfont-size:30px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fbd8bd28de9abd2253bedad4210ee09b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fbd8bd28de9abd2253bedad4210ee09b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:30px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fbd8bd28de9abd2253bedad4210ee09b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fbd8bd28de9abd2253bedad4210ee09b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fbd8bd28de9abd2253bedad4210ee09b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-fbd8bd28de9abd2253bedad4210ee09b av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size av-linked-heading'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Games and Everyday Objects<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k8x5zeyh-4d5f37ae4a12ce881519cd373e7585fd '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div style=\"padding: 2%;\">\n<p>Game pieces and other everyday objects found during the sifting hint at the mundane activity which occurred and is still commonplace in the Temple Mount courtyards. While much of this activity is connected to ritual practice, some of it is simply daily matters.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the Temple Mount today might encounter children playing soccer, while visitors during the Late Roman Period might have encountered Roman soldiers playing various games or gambling with bone dice, and visitors during the Mamluk period would have encountered Arab traders playing board games with glass game pieces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-89dlq-786a66af7d8f8aa5c3b6f376ef4a5795\">\n.flex_column.av-89dlq-786a66af7d8f8aa5c3b6f376ef4a5795{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-89dlq-786a66af7d8f8aa5c3b6f376ef4a5795 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><div class='portfolio_preview_container ' 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