Gaming Piece with the Name of Queen Tiy

Place of OriginEgypt

Dateabout 1391-1353 BCE

DimensionsH: 1 1/8 in (2.8 cm); Max Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)

MediumYellow faience inlaid with gray.

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGift of Henry W. Wilhelm

Object number

1927.74

Not on View

Collections

Decorative Arts

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.Comparative ReferencesSee also Desroches-Nobelcourt, C., Tutankhamen, New York, 1963, p. 95, p. 233, pl. XLIXb and p. 304 (pl. XLIXb).

cf. Reeves, N. The Complete Tutankhamun, London, 1990, pp. 160-162.

cf. Needler, W., "A Thirty-square Draught Board in the Royal Ontario Museum," Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 39, 1953, pp. 60-75.

cf. Pieper, M., "Ein Text uber das agyptische Brettspiel," Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache, vol. 66, 1931, pp. 16-23.

cf. Carter, H. The Tomb of Tutankhamen, London, 1933, pp. 130-131 and pl. XLII.

cf. Baker, H.S. Furniture in the Ancient World, Origins and Evolution, 3100-475 B.C., London, 1966, p. 99, fig. 126.