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on the clefts of the cupper plaque
strokes to indicate foliage. Only half of the tree/ is preserved. The plaque comes to a clean end at the centre of the tree and if the tree was complete the missing half must have been drawn on a separate piece. However at this point a slight irregularity is observed probably dictated by the requirements of the game. The upper long plaque has moved to the left edge of the board, covering the space where the tree might have been completed, and the vacant space instead of being on the left is on the right, and this we filled with a plain piece found near the gaming board.
It is not necessary to discuss here in detail the theme of the lion attacking an animal(bull, antelope, etc.) which is well known in the East and in the Aegean, for it has been studied in detail by (Sir) A. Evans (1) and others(2). It may suffice to say here that a similar theme occurs on the ivory mirror handles from Enkomi in the British Museum,(3) where we see a li-
(1). P. of M. IV. (2). Cf. Demargne, La Crète Dedalique,188ff, Dussaud, L' art Phenicien du IIe millenaire 96ff. Also BCH 1947-8, p. 162 ff(ivories from the Delos Artemision. (3). Murray and others, Excavations in Cyprus, Pl. IIe 842 b, 402
[handwritten: [illegible]] … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain