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Carter No.: 585r

Handlist description: Solid ivory gaming-board

Card/Transcription No.: 585r-2


(R continued) 2

delicate nature of the ivory. The drawer had been glued in similar accidental manner to the box. The following inscriptions incised and filled in with blue (now turned black) pigment: - Sides: <> End: The King seated upon a throne with the Queen standing before him offering a lotus flower. Over the King his prenomen; over the Queen her cartouche.

Either side of the 3 x 4 + 8 game: <> <> Note There are no special marks on squares of either game. The game-box No. 393 probably came from here.

Card no. 585r-2 relating to Carter no. 585r
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