Page 160Scan 323 of 438
Continued from p. 459
… on attacking a bull represented in relief. The engraved technique occurs both in the East ( eg. Megiddo, Tell-el Fare) (1) and in the West (eg.Delos) (2), as well as in Cyprus and particularly Enkomi (3).
The second board (657 a on Pl. LXX,4) is similar to the first, but is not decorated and is somewhat longer ( 22cms) though of the same width. The plaques composing it were found scattered in the pit but it has been possible to reconstruct the board on the lines of first one. If the reconstruction is correct we have here a central compartment filled with strips forming concentric rectangles and five rectangles on either side with dividing strips many of which are missing. The long plaques are bordered by narrower strips with rounded-off edges.
These gaming boards recall the top of the famous ivory draughts-box from Enkomi, now in the British Museum(4) the lid of which serves as draughts board and is divided into squares(5). It is then possible
(1) PEQ , 1939, Pl. III. See also R.D. Barnett's remarks on the engraved technique on p. 7. (2). BCH, 1947-8, Pl. XXIX ff. (3). Cf. SCE I, CLII, 1-3, 5-6, 8. (4).Murray and others Excavations in Cyprus, Pl.I and Fig19 (5). JHS XVI,p.290.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain