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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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