Wooden gaming board inscribed for the Overseer of Works Taia

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Wooden gaming board inscribed for the Overseer of Works Taia

Artist : Anonymous

Time of : Menkhéperou Rê ( Tuthmosis 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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