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Throw Stick

New Kingdom
ca. 1400–1300 BCE
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Throw Stick
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18, second half
  • Date: ca. 1400–1300 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Upper Egypt, Thebes
  • Medium: Ivory (tinted)
  • Dimensions: L. 8.3 × W. 1.4 × Th. 0.7 cm (3 1/4 × 9/16 × 1/4 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
  • Object Number: 19.2.23
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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