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Senet

Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: 𓊃𓈖𓏏𓏠, romanized: znt, lit. 'passing'; cf. Coptic ⲥⲓⲛⲉ /sinə/, 'passing, afternoon') is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. The earliest representation of senet is dated to c. 2620 BCE from the Mastaba of Hesy-Re, while similar boards and hieroglyphic signs are…

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First DynastyThird DynastyHesyFifthRashepses
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Citations

DoiISSNJSTORS2CIDDe Voogt, Alex
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Overview

Ancient EgyptianRomanizedLit.CopticBoard game
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Rules

FaienceKaDuat
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Board game
Players
2

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Senet

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples118
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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Senet

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related to Citations · 53
Senet → Alex, Ancient Board Games, Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Fiction, Anne-Elizabeth, April, Belmont, Bloomsbury, Board, Board Game Studies Journal, Board Games, British Museum Press, Crist, Debunking, Diffusion, Dunn-Vaturi, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptian Archaeology, Greece
related to history · 21
Senet → BCE, Book, British Museum, Chapter, Dead, Egypt, Fifth, Fifth Dynasty, First Dynasty, Fragmentary, Hesy, Nefertari, New Kingdom, People, Ramesses II, Rashepses, Sixth Dynasties, The, There, Third Dynasty
related to External links · 10
Senet → BoardGameGeek, Egypt, Eurogamer, June, Review, Royal Game, Rules, Ur, Variations, Why
see also · 9
Senet → BCETâb, Egyptian, Game, Khaemweset, Mesopotamian, Middle Eastern, Ramses II, SetneHounds, Ur
related to Original rules · 8
Senet → At, BCE, Due, Egypt, Great Game Text, New Kingdom, Roman, This
related to Modern rules · 7
Senet → Although, Bell, Egyptian, However, Therefore, These, Timothy Kendall
related to Equipment · 4
Senet → At, New Kingdom, The, Through
Genres · 1
Senet → Board game
Players · 1
Senet → 2

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game board rules pawn pawns ancient egyptian first egypt player house boards bce sticks isbn history houses white games tomb

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SenetGenresBoard game1.00infobox
SenetPlayers21.00infobox
the religious implicationsinstance ofsimilarities0.80text
structure of the game support the idea that it could be senet being depicted.The oldest intact senet boards date to the Middle Kingdominstance ofsimilarities0.80text
but graffiti on Fifthinstance ofsimilarities0.80text
Sixth Dynasty monuments could date as early as the Old Kingdominstance ofsimilarities0.80text
Senetrelated to CitationsCrist0.60section
Senetrelated to CitationsWalter0.60section
Senetrelated to CitationsPassing0.60section
Senetrelated to CitationsMiddle0.60section
Senetrelated to CitationsNew Kingdom0.60section
Senetrelated to CitationsSenet Board0.60section

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