. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . UK I . I J- Jniilljtiit!; ; \f\ iiiiiMllHll .? : ;liiitiiilli(ii^ ?!/. >f<^^ i* •«»fci*liMW.*fli^l<a!aHjW-iW*^»^«HWiv»S^»,-Pr INLAID GAMING BOARD M. M. Ill: THE TEMPLE REPOSITORIES 473 The board as completed is 0-965 metre in length and 0-553 wide, andIt IS to be noted that several of the component parts are exact multiplesof the whole. Thus the diameter of the larger medallions answers to ^of the len
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . UK I . I J- Jniilljtiit!; ; \f\ iiiiiMllHll .? : ;liiitiiilli(ii^ ?!/. >f<^^ i* •«»fci*liMW.*fli^l<a!aHjW-iW*^»^«HWiv»S^»,-Pr INLAID GAMING BOARD M. M. Ill: THE TEMPLE REPOSITORIES 473 The board as completed is 0-965 metre in length and 0-553 wide, andIt IS to be noted that several of the component parts are exact multiplesof the whole. Thus the diameter of the larger medallions answers to ^of the length, that of the smaller medallions to ~^, that of the marguerites to ~. The framework of the board is compacted of ivory pieces, and it isprobable that there was originally a wooden panel supporting those pieces of ivory reliefs, including small argonauts, for which there is noplace on the surface of the board, point to the probability of there havingbeen ornamental sides below. The analogy, moreover, of Egyptian draught-boards and of the Mycenaean specimen found at Enkomi in Cyprussuggests that the board itself may have also served as the top of a boxthat once contained the pieces of the game. The daisies or marguerites of the o
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