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Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
This partial set of gaming pieces belong to an ivory game box in the collection.
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Title: Gaming pieces
Period: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1635–1458 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Courtyard CC 41, Pit 3, Burial E 3, In coffin, MMA excavations, 1915–16
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: cones (average): 2.6 × 1.5 cm (1 × 9/16 in.); spools (average): 1.6 × 1.7 cm (5/8 × 11/16 in.); knuckle bones : 1.8 × 2.8 cm (11/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Object Number: 16.10.475b–k
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