The oldest known painting of the Egyptian game of Senat is put on a wall in the tomb of Hesy. In pictures of Senat, two players appear at opposite sides of a board in profile. Over 40 actual boards with pieces have been found. The board for the game has dimensions of 3x10 with the 5 squares on the bottom-right side having symbols, the final three representing 3,2, and 1 respectively. Each player had from 5 to 10 pawns in different paintings and sets. The game also had 4 double sided sticks which is believed to have acted as dice. The actual rules of the game are unknown, though it is thought to be a game where the pieces race each other toward the bottom right corner.
Author: Eric Libicki
References:
Bell, Robbie and Michael Cornelius, Board Games Round the World:
A resource
book for mathematical investigations Cambridge University Press"
Cambridge
1988 page 55
Murray, H.J.R., A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess,
Clarendon Press:
Oxford 1952 page 13
http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/Senet.html
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