Item:Carved flamewood abacus with polished vardite beads
| carved flamewood abacus with polished vardite beads | |
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| Look: | Scrollwork along the wood frame embellishes this unique device, created to help scholars and merchants alike quickly and correctly count goods bought and sold. Consisting of a number of polished metal beads on silver dowels, the abacus is partitioned to allow the separation of lesser and greater numbers by sliding the beads from one side to the other. |
| Weight: | 5 stones |
| Metal: | Unknown |
| Appraised Cost: | 318,750 Kronars255,000 Lirums <br />230,010 Dokoras <br />318.75 LTBpoints <br />318.75 Tickets <br />318.75 Scrips <br /> |
| Properties: |
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| Dimensions: | 2 length x 2 width x 1 height |
| Sources: | Worn and tattered map Source is Menger Andu, Item:Worn and tattered map |
READ: Menger Andu, year of the Silver Unicorn, 364
An Abacus can be FIGUREd to determine the amount value in other currencies.
Verbs
STUDY : You carefully study the placement of the beads on your abacus. After a moments thought, you determine that the number 0 is recorded on it.
Others see : <Person> furrows his/her brow and peers intently at his/her abacus.
PUSH : You slide some beads down the length of the board.
Others see : <Person> slides some beads down the length of his/her abacus.
PULL : You separate some beads from the others on a line.
Others see : <Person> separates some beads from the others on a line.
SHAKE : You rattle your abacus noisily in your hands, causing the beads to spin wildly.
Others see : <Person> rattles his/her abacus noisily, causing the beads to spin wildly.