Senet board

 

A fragment of a faience game board for Senet, with four pieces, from Abydos. The board has a blue/green glaze and the squares are painted on in black. Board games were very popular and were often depicted on wall paintings and included in funerary furniture. Senet is known from Predynastic times to the late Roman Period, today a similar game is still played in the Sudan.

Present location	LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL
Inventory number	55.82.9
Dating	NEW KINGDOM
Archaeological Site	ABYDOS
Category	SENET-GAME/THIRTY SQUARE BOARD
Material	FAIENCE
Technique	FAYENCE

Bibliography

• Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 48-49; pl.64.

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