Game Piece
Description
Object Label: Senet (the passing) was one of the most popular and enduring board games in ancient Egypt. Players moved their gaming pieces along a rectangular board of thirty squares arranged in three parallel rows. Although this blue glazed faience board resembles the traditional senet playing surface, it has only twenty-one squares. Perhaps it was intended as a funerary offering that merely represented a senet board. Although the board and “pawns” displayed here may have formed a set, they could have been assembled from several sources. Caption: Game Piece, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (2.7 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 36.3.8. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 turquoise-blue faience amulet depicting a conical form.
The artifact is a small, conical amulet made of turquoise-blue faience, exhibiting a smooth, glossy surface. The object is likely a personal ornament or a protective charm. Notable features include its simple yet elegant shape and the distinctive color achieved through the faience material, which was commonly used in ancient Egyptian artwork for its luster and symbolic meaning.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 36.3.8 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3383 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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