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Wooden gaming board...
Wooden gaming board inscribed for the Overseer of Works Taia
Artist :
Anonyme
Time of :
Menkhéperou Rê (Thoutmôsis IV)
Material : Wood, Painted ivory, Earthenware
XVIIIème dynastie
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amenhotep III
Right - Ground Floor - Section 15
Item
38
on 49
Ancient Egypt
Object (Boîte de jeux)
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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