Window into the Bible
Game of Senet
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Faience and Wood Senet Game (restored)
Date: 1570 - 1400 BC (Early 18th dynasty)
Place: Grave Z at Zawiyet el Aryan, Egypt
Photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts USA.
Senet was a very popular game in Egypt, some game boards have been found in Pharaoh's tombs. It is possible that both Joseph and Moses would have learnt to play Senet.
20 Squares Game and Senet
Often these game boards had Senet on one side and 20 squares on the other.
Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA.
Ivory Senet Board (restored)
Date: unknown
Place: Egypt
Ivory Senet board with a drawer for storing the gaming pieces.
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
Game of 20 Squares and Senet
Date: 1550 - 1070 BC (18th - 19th dynasties)
Place: possibly Akhmim
Made of acacia wood and copper. Often these game boards had Senet on one side and 20 squares on the other.
Game of 20 Squares and Senet
Photographed at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
The mirror shows that this board had Senet on one side and 20 squares on the other.
Game of 20 Squares or Senet
Date: 1479 - 1457 BC (18th Dynasty, during reign of Hatshepsut)
Place: Egypt
Photographed at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
Often these game boards had Senet on one side and 20 squares on the other.