Playing Piece
Object Label
Senet (the passing) was one of the most popular and enduring board games in ancient Egypt. Players moved their gaming pieces along a rectangular board of thirty squares arranged in three parallel rows. Although this blue glazed faience board resembles the traditional senet playing surface, it has only twenty-one squares. Perhaps it was intended as a funerary offering that merely represented a senet board. Although the board and “pawns” displayed here may have formed a set, they could have been assembled from several sources.
Caption
Playing Piece, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Faience, 7/8 x Diam. 5/8 in. (2.3 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 36.3.10. Creative Commons-BY
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Gallery
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Title
Playing Piece
Date
ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 12 to early Dynasty 13
Period
Middle Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Faience
Classification
Dimensions
7/8 x Diam. 5/8 in. (2.3 x 1.6 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
36.3.10
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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