Weikersheim castle, the ancestral seat of the aristocratic family von Hohenlohe, near Bad Mergentheim in south-western Germany, is famous for its old game boards, such as Backgammon, Chess, Draughts, and Nine Men's Morris. It also harbors two mancala game tables from the early 18th century. They are works of the well-known artist's family and cabinetmakers Sommer in Künzelsau in 1709 (or perhaps in 1704?). The oldest written record on mancala in Germany dates from 1699, when Job Ludolf mentioned qarqis (i.e. Gabata) in his Lexicon Aethiopico-Latinum: