Card/Transcription No.: 593-1

593. A GAME-BOX (WOOD, IVORY AND GOLD) 1
(See Nos. 393 and 345).

POSITION:    
Cast on floor, S.W. corner of chamber (see photos 1149 and 1150).

DIMENSIONS:  
27.5 x 9.0 x 5.8 (high), cents. (overall)

DESCRIPTION: 
A game-box with a drawer at each end for the playing-pieces. 
The top is laid-out for the 3 x 10 game = (30 squares)
The base is laid-out for the 3 x 4 + 8 game = (20 squares)

Basic wood of poor quality; overlaid with slabs of ivory; the
divisions of the top (3 x 10) and base (3 x 4 + 8) of gold upon
stucco.
             
The ivory slabs upon the sides are elaborately carved and stained
thus: -