balpha bfishplat  These fragments of a child's riddle or
conundrum-type alphabet plate were found in Structure 5.  A
complete example of this plate is seen at right.  The riddle on
this plate reads "WHY IS THIS GEOMETRICAL FISHING?"  The answer
is "BECAUSE IT IS A TRIANGLE."  This plate was manufactured in
England and most likely dates from the mid-19th century (Riley
1991: 82-83; Lindsay and Lindsay 1998: 136).  Previous
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