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0965746 - A game of Senet in ebony and ivory. This is the largest of three such objects found in the tomb. Tukankhamen, by Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, page 233.
This game table composed of interlocking pieces. The piece takes the form of a box resting on a base supported by four leonine legs, partially covered with gold leaf and fixed to a sledge. The upper surface is veneered with ivory and is subdivided by means of strips of wood into thirty squares, five of which carry inscriptions. The game of senet was played on this board. There are the same number of squares in ivory on the lower surface of the box, three of which are inscribed. This side was used for the game tjau.
On one of the short sides there is an aperture in which a drawer (discovered empty elsewhere in the tomb) would have been inserted. This would once have contained the pieces used for the games. The four sides of the box feature yellow hieroglyphic inscriptions. The pharaoh's names and complete titles are recorded. Boards were frequently placed in tombs to allow the deceased to continue playing after their deaths.
©2003 Credit:Topham Picturepoint
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