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Evidence for Middle Kingdom Senet
6 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.11
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 26°10'15.61"N, 31°55'28.07"E
Date 1837-01-01BCE - 1819-01-01BCE
Rules Board with three rows, markings in squares 26–29.
Content Senet graffiti game board from Tomb of Senuseret III.
Ayrton 1904: 23, 53, pl. 40;
Needler 1953: 73;
Pusch 1979: 189-190;
Piccione 1990: 390.
Confidence 100
Source Needler, W. 1953. A thirty-square draught board in the Royal Ontario Museum. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 39: 60–75.
, 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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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.
, Ayrton, E. 1904. Abydos. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
Id DLP.Evidence.12
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 29°12'26.03"N, 30°58'22.45"E
Date 1980-01-01BCE - 1760-01-01BCE
Rules Board with three rows, markings in square 15 and 26.
Content Senet board from el-Lahun drawn on a stone. Manchester Museum 262. 3x6 pattern remains.
Pusch 1979: 186-187;
Piccione 1990: 390-391.
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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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.13
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 29°12'26.03"N, 30°58'22.45"E
Date 1980-01-01BCE - 1760-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board, markings in spaces 26–29.
Content Senet game on inside of box lid from el-Lahun. Manchester Museum 73.
Nash 1902: 342;
Needler 1953: 73;
Petrie 1890: 24, 30;
Pusch 1979: 181-182;
Piccione 1990: 391-392.
Confidence 100
Spaces Household, Inside
Source Nash, W. 1902. Ancient Egyptian draughts-boards and draughts-men. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 24(December): 341–348.
, Needler, W. 1953. A thirty-square draught board in the Royal Ontario Museum. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 39: 60–75.
, 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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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. 1890. Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara. London: Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
Id DLP.Evidence.14
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 30° 7'58.78"N, 31°17'59.91"E
Date 1980-01-01BCE - 1760-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board, markings in squares 15, 26–29.
Content Senet board from Heliopolis, Tell el-Hisn, from a temple enclosure. Middle Kingdom style board. Egyptian Museum Cairo CGC 37.794.
Piccione 1990: 393;
Pusch 1979: 183.
Confidence 100
Spaces 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.15
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 21°55'0.00"N, 31°17'0.00"E
Date 1980-01-01BCE - 1540-01-01BCE
Rules 3x10 board, markings in squares 26–29.
Content Senet board from Buhen fortress. Middle Kingdom style board. Current location unknown.
Emery 1979: 146, 220, plate 51;
Piccione 1990: 394-395.
Confidence 100
Spaces Military
Source Emery, W. 1979. Fortress of Buhen: Archaeological Report. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
, 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.17
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, markigns in squares 26–29.
Content Senet game board on Carnarvon Tablet 1. Middle Kingdom style board. Egyptian Museum Cairo JdE 41.790
Carnarvon and Carter 1912: 36, plate 27;
Needler 1953: 73;
Pusch 1979: 194;
Piccione 1990: 396.
Confidence 100
Ages Adolescent, Child
Source Carnarvon, Earl of and H. Carter. 1912. Five Years’ Exploration at Thebes. London: Oxford University Press.
, Needler, W. 1953. A thirty-square draught board in the Royal Ontario Museum. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 39: 60–75.
, Piccione, P. 1990. The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its significance for Egyptian Religion. Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.
, Pieper, M. 1931. Ein text über das ägyptisches Brettspiel. Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 66: 16–33.
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