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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Metropolitan Museum... > Ancient Egypt > Amenhotep III > Wooden gaming board...
Wooden gaming board inscribed for the Overseer of Works Taia
Artist : Anonyme


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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