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Wooden gaming board inscribed for the Overseer of Works Taia

Wooden gaming board inscribed for the Overseer of Works Taia





Artist : Anonymous


Material : Wood, Painted ivory, Earthenware
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amenhotep III
Right
Ground Floor - Section 15
Item 38 on 49
Ancient Egypt
Object

Vitrine : 9 (Ref. 2)

Area related
Egypte

Description   

The top surface is laid out for a game of "twenty squares". The bottom surface has the 30-square game of senet. Sixteen faience gaming pieces and nine ivory throw sticks for determining moves.
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Wooden gaming board inscribed for the Overseer of Works Taia
Anonyme
Menkhéperou Rê (Thoutmôsis IV)