Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Gameboard and Gaming Pieces
Description
Faience, modern wood
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A senet game board with several game pieces arranged on it.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian senet game board with a grid of blue and brown squares. The game pieces are crafted from faience and are in the form of small cone-shaped objects. The board features some incised hieroglyphic symbols on the surface, indicative of its function and perhaps ownership or ritual significance. The craftsmanship suggests a blend of utility and artistry typical of Egyptian artifacts used for entertainment and possible religious purposes.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
woodfaience
Signs
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Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246548 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 01.4.1a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544775 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.