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Evidence for Simple Marked Senet

8 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.3
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 29°52'23.92"N, 31°13'7.73"E
Date 2435-01-01BCE - 0525-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board.
Content Senet graffiti at Pyramid Temple of Userkaf. Piccione 1990: 384-385; Pusch 1979: 169.
Confidence 100
Spaces Outside, Ritual
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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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.4
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 Mastaba of Ptahshepses. Pusch 1979: 19, plate 40c; Piccione 1990: 385.
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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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.5
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; Piccione 1990: 385-386.
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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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.6
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: 172-3; 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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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.20
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location Ancient Egypt
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1077-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board, markings in squares 26–29.
Content Senet game board in University College London UC8.533. Needler 1953: 73; Needler 1983: 118; Pusch 1979: 180; Piccione 1990: 397; Petrie 1927: 53, pl. 47.
Confidence 100
Source Needler, W. 1953. A thirty-square draught board in the Royal Ontario Museum. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 39: 60–75. , Needler, W. 1983. 'Review of Das Senet-Brettspiel im alten Ägypten.' Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 20: 115–118., 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. , Petrie, W.M.F. 1927. Objects of Daily Use. London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt.

Id DLP.Evidence.31
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°44'25.51"N, 32°36'5.33"E
Date 1390-01-01BCE - 1353-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board, markings in squares 26–29.
Content Senet board of Amenhotep III. Brooklyn Museum 49.56. Kendall 1979: 25–25, figs. 18-19; MacGregor 1922: 34, pl. 3; Needler 1953: 74; Piccione 1984: 176; Piccione 1990: 411; Pusch 1979: 239-240.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Riefstahl, E. Ancient Egyptian Glass and Glazes in the Brooklyn Museum. New York: The Brooklyn Museum., 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. , Pusch, E. 1979. Das Senet-Brettspiel im Alten Ägypten. Munich: Deutsche Kunstverlag. , Kendall, T. 1978. Passing through the Netherworld: The Meaning and Play of Senet, an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Game. Belmont, MA: Kirk Game Company. , Needler, W. 1953. A thirty-square draught board in the Royal Ontario Museum. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 39: 60–75. , MacGregor, W. 1922. Catalogue of the MacGregor Collection of Egyptian Antiquities. Sotheby Sale Catalog 1922. London: Dryden Press.

Id DLP.Evidence.39
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 29°56'25.60"N, 31° 9'5.13"E
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1191-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board, markings in squares 26, 28, 29, 30.
Content Senet game board from Tomb Z491 at Zawiet el-Aryan. Museum of Fine Arts Boston MFA 11.3095. Square 27 blank, Square 30 with "|". Piccione 1990: 416-417; Dunham 1978: 72; Pusch 1979: 241-244.
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. , Dunham, D. 1978. Zawiyet el-Aryan. The Cemeteries Adjacent to the Later Pyramid. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts.

Id DLP.Evidence.45
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 22°46'32.56"N, 32°35'49.31"E
Date 1539-01-01BCE - 1191-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board, markings in squares 27 and 28.
Content Senet game board from Kubban Cemetery 100, Tomb 191. Aswan Museum 664. Piccione 1990: 420-421; Pusch 1979: 223-229; Firth 1927: 49, 83.
Confidence 100
Social status Elite
Source Firth, C.M. 1927. The Archaeological Survey of Nubia. Report for 1910–1911. Cairo: National Printing Department. , 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.

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