senet

Gaming board and pieces for the games of ''twenty squares'' and senet. In the New Kingdom the fate of the deceased in the afterlife was affected by success in playing senet with underworld opponents. The Text on the box records it was owned by the scribe Kha and asks blessings of Thoth and Ptah upon him. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: New Kingdom, XIXth Dynasty. Place of Origin: Saqqara 1294-1279 BC. Material Size: Wood l = 28 cm. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo . Location: 41.