Senet
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Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: ππππ , romanized: znt, lit.β'passing'; cf. Coptic β²₯β²β²β² /sinΙ/, 'passing, afternoon') is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board.[1] The earliest representation of senet is dated to c. 2620 BCE from the Mastaba of Hesy-Re,[2] while similar boards and hieroglyphic signs are found even earlier, including in the Levant in the Early Bronze Age II period.[3][4] Even though the game has a 2,000-year history in Egypt, there appears to be very little variation in terms of key components.[1][5] This can be determined by studying the various senet boards that have been found by archaeologists, as well as depictions of senet being played throughout Egyptian history on places like tomb walls and papyrus scrolls. However, the game fell out of use following the Roman period,[2] and its original rules are the subject of conjecture.