Egyptian Faience Gaming Pieces

Two faience gaming pieces from ancient Egypt, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1567-1320 B.C.

"...The game of 'senet' was unquestionably the board game played most avidly by the ancient Egyptians both in the New Kingdom and throughout their history... senet was a game for two played on a board surface marked with thirty squares, each player was alloted an equal number of pieces called 'ibau' (dancers)..." : EGYPT'S GOLDEN AGE.


	Egyptian Faience Gaming Pieces



Jon's main chess page		Two faience gaming pieces from ancient Egypt, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1567-1320 B.C. "...The game of 'senet' was unquestionably the board game played most avidly by the ancient Egyptians both in the New Kingdom and throughout their history... senet was a game for two played on a board surface marked with thirty squares, each player was alloted an equal number of pieces called 'ibau' (dancers)..." : EGYPT'S GOLDEN AGE.	HOME