SİNOPE’DEN BİR DUODECIM SCRIPTORUM TABLASI
A DUODECIM SCRIPTORUM BOARD FROM SINOPE

Summary/Abstract: In this study, a game board determined in Sinope has been examined. This board, which was used as a spolia on the city wall of the city, belongs to the Duodecim Scriptorum game, which was very popular in the Roman Period and whose examples were found in many cities. The main section where game pieces are placed on the board consists of three rows. There are twelve game places, which are shaped as squares within each row. Each row is divided into two in the middle, with a separation sign. In the first and third rows, the cross (x) sign is used as the separation sign, and the plus (+) motif in the second row. The game board was probably used as a spolia during the renewal and repairs of the city wall seen in the Seljuk Period due to its large size and massive structure. Sinope duodecim scriptorum table is not exactly like any game table according to the arrangement of the game places and separation signs. It is possible to think that the common motifs of the period were designed and used differently and, in this sense, it was an original example.

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