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Gaming Board Inscribed for Amenhotep III with Separate Sliding Drawer
- Medium: Faience, glazed
- Reportedly From: Thebes, Egypt
- Dates: ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dimensions: 2 3/16 x 3 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (5.5 x 7.7 x 21 cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 49.56a-b
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Overall, 49.56a-b_49.57.1-.13_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
The Egyptians played the game of senet for more than three thousand years, from Predynastic to Roman times. The movement of pieces across the board symbolized the soul’s journey through the underworld. By Dynasty 18, the Egyptians believed that the deceased’s quest for immortality depended on the outcome of a senet game played in the afterlife against his or her collective enemies.
This example, inscribed with one of the five official names of Amunhotep III, may have come from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The playing pieces were stored in the sliding drawer.
This text refers to these objects: 49.56a-b; 49.57.1-.13
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