Throw Stick

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 118

Throw sticks like this one were used as counters, like dice, to determine the moves of board games such as senet and twenty squares. The throw sticks 19.2.19-27a, b are usually displayed with the game box of Taia.

Throw Stick, Ivory (tinted)

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