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Evidence for Simple Senet

22 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.7
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 29°53'47.66"N, 31°12'16.46"E
Date 2402-01-01BCE - 1213-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet graffiti at tomb of Ptahshepses. Pusch 1979: 172-173; Piccione 1990: 386.
Confidence 100
Spaces Outside
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.8
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 29°52'6.75"N, 31°12'57.78"E
Date 2321-01-01BCE - 301-12-31BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet graffiti in mastaba of Khenut. Decker 1987: 134, fig 85; Pusch 1979: 174; Piccione 1990: 386-387.
Confidence 100
Spaces Transitional
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag. , Decker, W. 1987. Sport und Spiel im alten Ägypten. Munich: Verlag C.H. Beck.

Id DLP.Evidence.9
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 29°52'6.75"N, 31°12'57.78"E
Date 2321-01-01BCE - 301-12-31BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet graffiti at mastaba of Khenut. Piccione 1990: 387; Pusch 1979: 174.
Confidence 100
Spaces Transitional
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.18
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°43'51.67"N, 32°35'49.20"E
Date 1640-01-01BCE - 1540-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board from Asasif. Metropolitan Museum of Art MMA 16.10.475. Piccione 1990: 396; Pusch 1979: 199-201; Hayes 1959: 24–25, fig. 10.
Confidence 100
Social status Elite
Source Hayes, W.C. 1959. The Scepter of Egypt. Volume 2. New York. , Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.19
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1077-01-01BCE
Rules Board with three rows.
Content Senet game board in Brooklyn Museum 36.2. Pusch 1979: 191; Piccione 1990: 396-397.
Confidence 100
Social status Elite, Elite
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.22
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°44'25.51"N, 32°36'5.33"E
Date 1479-01-01BCE - 1458-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board from Tomb of Mayherperi, Egyptian Museum Cairo CGC 24.069. Daressy 1902: 31–32, plate 9; Pusch 1979: 218-219; Piccione 1990: 403-404.
Confidence 100
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Daressy, G. 1902. Fouilles de la Vallée des Rois 1889–1899. Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale. , Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.23
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1077-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board in University of Missouri MAA 79.169. Piccione 1990: 400.
Confidence 100

Id DLP.Evidence.26
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°43'51.67"N, 32°35'49.20"E
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1077-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet from Dra abu el-Naga Cairo Museum CgC 68.002/JdE21402. Mariette 1889: 17, plate 52; Pusch 1979: 269-271; Piccione 1990: 405-406.
Confidence 100
Social status Military, Elite
Genders Male
Source Mariette, A. 1889a. Monuments divers recueillis en Égypte et en Nubie. Paris: F. Vieweg., Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.28
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1077-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet board of Tuthmosis son of Ru. Cairo Museum CGC 68004\JdE 28.427. Piccione 1984: 175; Piccione 1990: 407-408.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Piccione, P. 1984. 'Review of Das Senet-Brettpiel im alten Ägypten.' Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 70: 172–180., Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.

Id DLP.Evidence.33
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°44'25.51"N, 32°36'5.33"E
Date 1400-01-01BCE - 1390-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board of Tuthmosis IV Egyptian Museum Cairo (unknown number). Piccione 1990: 410; Carter and Newberry 1904: 39.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Carter, H and P. Newberry. 1904. The Tomb of Thutmosis IV. Westminster: A. Constable & Co. , Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.

Id DLP.Evidence.34
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°44'25.51"N, 32°36'5.33"E
Date 1334-01-01BCE - 1324-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet board game from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Cairo Museum JdE 62060. Piccione 1990: 413-414; Pusch 1979:252-254; Tait 1982: 15-17.
Confidence 100
Ages Adolescent
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag. , Tait, W. 1982. Game-boxes and Accessories from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Oxford: Griffiths Institute.

Id DLP.Evidence.35
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°44'25.51"N, 32°36'5.33"E
Date 1334-01-01BCE - 1324-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Cairo Museum JdE 62059. Piccione 1990:412-413; Carter and Mace 1933: 130 plate 42; Pusch 1979: 250-251; Tait 1982 19-25.
Confidence 100
Ages Adolescent
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag. , Tait, W. 1982. Game-boxes and Accessories from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Oxford: Griffiths Institute. , Carter, H and A.C. Mace. 1933. The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Cairo: Cassell & Co. , Carter, H and A.C. Mace. 1933. The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Cairo: Cassell & Co.

Id DLP.Evidence.36
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°44'25.51"N, 32°36'5.33"E
Date 1334-01-01BCE - 1324-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Cairo Museum JdE 62061. Piccione 1990: 414; Pusch 1979: 255-256; Tait 1982: 17-19.
Confidence 100
Ages Adolescent
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag. , Tait, W. 1982. Game-boxes and Accessories from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Oxford: Griffiths Institute.

Id DLP.Evidence.38
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1077-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board of Ptahmay with unknown provenience. Wiesbaden SNA 2.308. Piccione 1990: 415-416; Pusch 1979: 281-284; Wiedemann 1897: 43.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Wiedemann, A. 1897. Das Brettspiel bei den Alten Ägyptern. In Actes du Dixième Congrès Internationale des Orientalistes, 1894. Leiden: Brill, 35–61. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag. , Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.

Id DLP.Evidence.40
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°43'51.67"N, 32°35'49.20"E
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1191-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board in Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn Museum 37.93Ea&b. Piccione 1990: 417; Albright 1933: 134; Prisse d'Avennes 1847: 740.
Confidence 100
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag. , Prisse-d’Avennes, É. 1847. Monument égyptiens, bas-reliefs, peintures, inscriptions, etc. Paris: Didot frères.

Id DLP.Evidence.41
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1191-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet board inscribed with the name of Teya Teya. Metropolitan Museum of Art MMA 12.182.72. Piccione 1990: 418-419; Decker 1987: 135; Hayes 1959: 198-199; Pusch 1979: 274-278.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag. , Decker, W. 1987. Sport und Spiel im alten Ägypten. Munich: Verlag C.H. Beck. , Hayes, W.C. 1959. The Scepter of Egypt. Volume 2. New York.

Id DLP.Evidence.42
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1191-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board in Egyptian Museum Cairo CGC 68.007. Piccione 1990: 419; Pusch 1979: 286.
Confidence 100
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.43
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1191-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board with unknown provenience in British Museum. BM 66669. Piccione 419-420; Pusch 1979: 287-288.
Confidence 100
Social status Elite
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.44
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1319-01-01BCE - 1279-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board of Neferhotep. Unknown provenience and unknown location. Piccione 1990: 420; Pusch 1979: 74, 295-296; Bruyère 1930: 158; Wild 1979: pl. 33.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Wild, H. 1979. La tombe de Nefer-hotep (I) et Neb-nefer à Deir el-Medina (No. 6). Mémoires publiées par les membres de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale 103. Cairo: Institue Français de l’Archéologie Orientale. , Bruyère, B. 1930. Mert-Seger à Deir el Medineh. Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale. , Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.61
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°43'9.29"N, 32°36'4.84"E
Date 1190-01-01BCE - 0525-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet graffiti at Medinet Habu Temple, first court central pavement between pillars 4 and 5, three paving blocks west of pillar 5. Piccione 1990: 437.
Confidence 100
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.

Id DLP.Evidence.62
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°43'9.29"N, 32°36'4.84"E
Date 1190-01-01BCE - 0525-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet graffiti at Medinet Habu Temple, east colonnade of second court behind column 34. Piccione 1990: 437; Pusch 1979: 320-321.
Confidence 100
Spaces Public
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag.

Id DLP.Evidence.66
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 30°51'38.00"N, 32°10'17.00"E
Date 0664-01-01BCE - 0525-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet game board from fortress of Tel Defenneh. British Museum. BM EA22323. Piccione 1990: 444; Crist et al. 2016: 61; Petrie 1888: 74.
Confidence 100
Social status Military
Source Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago. , Crist, W., A.-E. Dunn-Vaturi and A. de Voogt. 2016. Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games Across Borders. London: Bloomsbury. , Petrie, W.M.F. 1888. Tanis Part II: Nebesheh (Am) and Deffeneh (Tahpanhes). London: Egypt Exploration Fund.

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