Sennedjem Tomb Gate (inner side)
Painted wooden door from the tomb of Sennedjem at Deir el-Medina. The scene painted on the inner side shows Sennedjem and his wife sitting inside a pavilion in front of a table for the game of senet on which there are some red and white pawns, under the table is an astragalus, there is another table with offerings and underneath some jars and lettuce plants; underneath there are eleven columns in cursive hieroglyphics bearing chapters 72 and 17 of the Book of the Dead, relating to the freedom of movement granted to the deceased, the first is a magic formula that allows the deceased to pass through the door of his tomb to leave or enter without danger, the second describes a series of actions granted to the deceased (among them that of playing senet, a game associated with the promise of eternal life).
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