Game Piece in the Form of a Lion

Game Piece in the Form of a Lion

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A painting in the tomb of Hesyre at Saqqara (ca. 2700 B.C.) representing the games of senet, men and mehen includes the only complete depiction of a set of mehen pieces. The gaming pieces comprise six couchant lions, like this one, and six sets of six marbles grouped by color (see for example 10.130.1194b, 10.130.1196b).

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.