the set, like modern backgammon boards, contains 24 'points', around which the playing pieces would have been moved. the points are divided into two groups of 12, each with different decoration; there is no evidence that the points were coloured. one section of the board was found apparently complete, and suggests that the patterns would have alternated. the points are obelisk shaped. roman boards had square points, with triangular points appearing only in the 13th century. the design is therefore transitional between these.