Home›Articles›How a Babylonian tablet restored the rules of the Royal Game of UrArticleHow a Babylonian tablet restored the rules of the Royal Game of UrArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnRoyal Game of Ur, Games Well-attested SourcesWikipedia, Royal Game of UrReconstruction and Modern rediscovery sectionsQuote, Reconstruction and Modern rediscovery sectionsThen, in the early 1980s, Irving Finkel, a curator at the British Museum, translated a clay tablet written c. 177 BC by the Babylonian scribe Itti-Marduk-balāṭu describing how the game was played during that time period, based on an earlier description of the rules by another scribe named Iddin-Bēl.View the SourceSport and Games Atlas Long-Form Articles, First EditionSport and Games AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.