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Game board: E.29.1940

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Current Location: Gallery 19

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Games board. This game of Senet or 30-squares was inscribed for Harmosi, 'excellent recorder of the senior superintendant of his divine majesty'. Pieces for this game were made of faience and represented Asiatic captives, Anubis and a tower.

Measurements and weight

Length: 33 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by Hanbury, D. H. T.

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
Circa -1550 - Circa -1295

Materials used in production

Wood

Techniques used in production

Carpentry

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.29.1940
Primary reference Number: 54359
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 6 July 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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