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Tablier ancêtre Senet [family: 30 squares]
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period: pre-dynastic (3500-2900)
date: ~ 3500 B.C
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original location : Egypt (El-Mahasna)
context: pre-dynastic grave(H41)
fabric:  couleur: brown  state:
dimensions: length: 20,5 cm width: 11,5 cm height: 6,5 cm
conservation: Bruxelles museum:
designs : none
disposition of the grid: A rectangle of 3 by 6 squares on two legs in cross
accessories: 11 pones in limestone with a conical shape de forme conique from which 9 are 5cm high and 2 2cm high.
publications: Decker, W. 1984 Bild Atlas zum Sport und Spiel im alten Aëgypten
catalogue des jeux égyptiens, Munich
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