The Griffith Institute Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation The Howard Carter Archives Photographs by Harry Burton |
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Carter No.: 345
Handlist description: Games-box (ebony and ivory) Card/Transcription No.: 345-10 |
See Quibell; Excavations at Saqqara; (1907-1908); p. 114, pls. LVIII and LIX. ------ A game-box, with drawer and playing pieces. Top of box: the 3 x 10 game, the five squares marked <> Base of box: the 3 x 4 + 8 game with certain squares marked: - <> Playing-pieces 2 wooden knuckle-bones 10 draughtsmen (5 <>, and 5 <>) (1 extra draughtsman in faience) of <> shape |