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M. M. Ill: THE TEMPLE REPOSITORIES
475
C R V S T ft 1." PLATFS'
-A-
H FIVE. IVORYT
JTR-LP5
FOUR
331
SSI
on
OTMEK'
51 UE
-enclose the opening of ten smaller medallions, restored in the coloured Plate.1
On either side of this ' bastion ' were four similar ribbed bars of crystal on
silver, with bossed ivory partitions like the wider bars above. Between the
two wings of the lower enclosure
there were eight flat crystal bars
separated by similar bands of
ivory.
The essential core of the
arrangement, stripped of its more
purely decorative elements, is
shown in the diagrammatic plan
Fig. 339. The 4 citadel' above,
with its four disks fenced round
by its ' outer ward' and ' keep ', is
obviously the goal of the game.
It is completely separated off
from the enclosure below with its
two wings and ' bastioned ' front,
which presents ten disks of some-
what lesser diameter. It looks
as if the game proper had been
played on this, one player starting
on each wing- and the successive
occupation of the squares of the
' citadel' being dependent on the
results obtained below. The vic-
tory in each case may have been
marked by placing a piece on one
of the upper disks, two wins on
either side making of course a
drawn game.
It is possible that the horizontal
bars were used for marking the
scores. The flat crystal bars, whether with a ribbed or plain surface, are set
between the bossed ivory divisions in such a way that any small pencil-like
1 The remains of silver oxide in the centre These are here restored as consisting of crystal
of one of these indicate that these too were plaques backed with kyanos. They may,
of crystal, silver-lined like the medallions however, have been of gold-plated ivory,
above, and surrounded by similar vesicaepiscis.
Plan and
Character
of Game.
The
Citadel.
Fig. 339. Arrangement of Draught-
board, diagrammatic ally shown.
475
C R V S T ft 1." PLATFS'
-A-
H FIVE. IVORYT
JTR-LP5
FOUR
331
SSI
on
OTMEK'
51 UE
-enclose the opening of ten smaller medallions, restored in the coloured Plate.1
On either side of this ' bastion ' were four similar ribbed bars of crystal on
silver, with bossed ivory partitions like the wider bars above. Between the
two wings of the lower enclosure
there were eight flat crystal bars
separated by similar bands of
ivory.
The essential core of the
arrangement, stripped of its more
purely decorative elements, is
shown in the diagrammatic plan
Fig. 339. The 4 citadel' above,
with its four disks fenced round
by its ' outer ward' and ' keep ', is
obviously the goal of the game.
It is completely separated off
from the enclosure below with its
two wings and ' bastioned ' front,
which presents ten disks of some-
what lesser diameter. It looks
as if the game proper had been
played on this, one player starting
on each wing- and the successive
occupation of the squares of the
' citadel' being dependent on the
results obtained below. The vic-
tory in each case may have been
marked by placing a piece on one
of the upper disks, two wins on
either side making of course a
drawn game.
It is possible that the horizontal
bars were used for marking the
scores. The flat crystal bars, whether with a ribbed or plain surface, are set
between the bossed ivory divisions in such a way that any small pencil-like
1 The remains of silver oxide in the centre These are here restored as consisting of crystal
of one of these indicate that these too were plaques backed with kyanos. They may,
of crystal, silver-lined like the medallions however, have been of gold-plated ivory,
above, and surrounded by similar vesicaepiscis.
Plan and
Character
of Game.
The
Citadel.
Fig. 339. Arrangement of Draught-
board, diagrammatic ally shown.