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Evidence for Double Senet

2 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.60
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 in the First court, north colonnade of Temple of Medinet Habu. Two senet boards placed perpendicular to wall and close together so players must sit with both between them. Piccione 1990: 436; Wiedemann 1898: 142; 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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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. , Wiedemann, A. 1897. Das Brettspiel bei den Alten Ägyptern. In Actes du Dixième Congrès Internationale des Orientalistes, 1894. Leiden: Brill, 35–61.

Id DLP.Evidence.65
Type Artifact
Game Senet
Location 25°43'7.80"N, 32°39'26.17"E
Date 0690-01-01BCE - 0664-12-31BCE
Rules 3x10 board, markings in squares 26-29
Content Double senet graffiti on boat ramp of Taharqo, Temple of Karnak. Squares are marked on both boards as follows: 26: nfrw (good), 27: X, 28:|||, 29:|| (simple marked Senet pattern). Piccione 1990: 442-444; Pusch 1979: 354-355; Lauffray 1971: 100-102.
Confidence 100
Spaces Outside
Source Lauffray, J. 1971. Abords occidentaux du premier pylône de Karnak. Kemi 21: 77–144. , 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 Unpublished Phd Thesis, University of Chicago.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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