Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Gaming pieces
Description
Ivory
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.
Ancient Egyptian game box with playing pieces.
The artifact is a wooden box with a sliding lid, inlaid with ivory squares resembling game boards. Accompanying the box are several game pieces of different shapes and sizes, likely used for the ancient game of Senet. The style and craftsmanship suggest a focus on leisure and entertainment in daily life. It bears signs of intricate woodworking and ivory inlay, common in Egyptian recreational objects.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
woodivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246406 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.475b–k tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544810 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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