Reversible board Hatchepsout [family:
30 squares]
period:
Early Bronze (1600-1200)
date: ~
1500 B.C |
|
original location :
Egypt (Thebes)
context:
Hatchepsout's queen grave |
fabric:
couleur:
yellow state:
dimensions:
length: 36.3 cm width: 11.5 cm height: 7cm.
conservation:
Louvres museum: |
| designs :
4 of the 5 last squares are decorated with hieroglyphs in relation with the Osiris cycle: from left to right we can distinguish 3 ankh, symbol of life, 3 water signs, symbols of the river Nil and of the afterlife journey, 3 ibis, symbol of Thot and two adorants. |
| disposition of the grid:
3 lines of 10 squares on one side and a rectangle of 3 by 4 squares with on central straight line composed of 8 squares on the other side. Dated from the XVIII dynasty. |
| accessories:
conical pones in blue faïence. |
publications:
catalogue d'exposition
1992 Jouer dans l'Antiquité
Musée archéologique de la vieille Charité, Marseille |
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