Game of Hounds and Jackals
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 26.7.1287a–k · public domain
Game box, hounds and jackals, Reniseneb: Game of Hounds and Jackals. Accession 26.7.1287a–k at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1814–1805 B.C.. Medium: Ebony, ivory. Public domain Open Access record with credit line and museum link. Free on Serpent Earth.
- Object type
- Game box, hounds and jackals, Reniseneb
- Period
- Middle Kingdom · Dynasty 12 · ca. 1814–1805 B.C.
- Medium
- Ebony, ivory
- Credit line
- Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (26.7.1287a-k); Gift of Lord Carnarvon, 2012 (2012.508)
- License
- CC0 (public domain)
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