Medium: Faience
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 2 3/16 x 3 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (5.5 x 7.7 x 21 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 49.56a-b
Image: 49.56a-b_view2_SL4.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Decorated blue faience gaming board with separate sliding drawer. Top of board divided into thirty compartments with dividing lines glazed black. Four squares inscribed with numerals and a nefer sign. Long sides decorate with painted design of seven panels, each with alternating ankh and ded signs. Solid end bears painted Horus name (Amenhotep III?) ‘beloved of Amon.’ Open end pierced twice on one side. Base glazed black. Ends of drawer glazed dark and light blue in checkerboard pattern. Base and interior of drawer glazed dark purple-blue. Front of drawer pierced with four small holes (for handle?); sides pierced three times and two times-purpose not evident. Condition: Object has been assembled from fragments. Extensive scattered areas of plaster restoration. The drawer was probably originally much longer. Glaze worn in spots. Numerous firing cracks.