Conical Game Piece
The first room that the Museum's excavators cleared in the family tomb of Neferkhawet was the east chamber. In the northwest corner of this room they found a mis-matched partial set of gaming pieces. The two types, conical and spool-shaped, are common components of the board games senet and 20-squares which were usually combined in a single game box with the game boards on opposite sides, and a drawer for the gaming pieces and the throw sticks or knuckle bones that were used like dice to determine how the pieces were moved on the boards. The eight gaming pieces, five conical and three spool-shaped, were lying on their sides next to the outlined remains of an insect-eaten game box.
Artwork Details
- Title: Conical Game Piece
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
- Reign: reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III
- Date: ca. 1504–1447 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber, northwest corner, MMA excavations, 1934–35
- Medium: Faience
- Dimensions: H. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); Diam. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1935
- Object Number: 35.3.3
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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