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year: 2020
month: 4
day: 28
PersonsAndNamesOfTheMiddleKingdom:
type: webpage
URL: https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/info
title: Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom
author:
- given: Alexander
family: Ilin-Tomich
issued: 2022
ThirtySquareDraught:
type: article-journal
URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3855312
title: A Thirty-Square Draught-Board in the Royal Ontario Museum
author:
- given: Winifred
family: Needler
page: 60-75
in:
title: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
publisher: Egypt Exploration Society
issued:
month: 12
year: 1953
volume: 39
WreszinksiAtlas1:
type: book
title:
value: Atlas zur altägyptischen Kulturgeschichte
lang: de
author:
- given: Walter
family: Wreszinkski
volume: 1
URL: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/wreszinski1923bd1
publisher-place: Leipzig
publisher:
value: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung
lang: de
issued: 1923
RamessideQueensTombs:
type: webpage
title: Ramesside Queens’ Tombs
author:
- given: Heather Lee
family: Mccarthy
issued: 2021
container-title: ARCE
URL: https://arce.org/project/ramesside-queens-tombs-heather-lee-mccarthy/
archive-URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20231006033037/https://arce.org/project/ramesside-queens-tombs-heather-lee-mccarthy/
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Amharic

See: @ComparativeGeez [p. 180], which cites other sources.

The Ge'ez name is @ComparativeGeez [p. 5]

See: @AmharicEnglish2 [p. 1574], p. 1721, p. 1857, 2186 (2), 2241

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00672708209511298
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Ge'z: @ComparativeGeez [p. 354]

@AmharicEnglish2 [p. 1783]: diboš

Kautan - @SomaliGames
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Arabic: Lane says: خَرَاجِ / خراج ‘khrāj’, or خَرِيجٌ: http://arabiclexicon.hawramani.com/%d8%ae%d8%b1%d8%ac/

Ge'ez: see @ComparativeGeez [p. 168]

## Chinese games

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### New Kingdom (1550–1069 {%bce%})

{% image size="extra-wide" src="33887936151_36d11aca22_o.jpg" alt="" license="cc-by-nc-nd" licenseVersion="2.0" copyrightYear=2017 author="kairoinfo4u" originalUrl="https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/33887936151" %}
A painting from Queen Nefertari’s tomb, depicting her playing Senet, <abbr title="circa">ca.</abbr> 1279–1213 {%bce%}. Tomb 66 in the Valley of the Queens (QV66).
A painting from Queen Nefertari’s tomb (<image src="/small-images/Nefertari_name.svg" alt="𓄤𓇋𓏏𓐰𓂋𓐰𓏭" class="inline-img" /> <span lang="egy-Latn">nfr.t-jrj</span>), depicting her playing Senet, <abbr title="circa">ca.</abbr> 1279–1213 {%bce%}. Tomb 66 in the Valley of the Queens (QV66).
{%imageEnd%}

{% image src="Nebenmaat_senet.jpg" alt="" license="cc0" %}
Nebenmaat playing Senet with his wife, Mertesger, from his tomb in the village of Deir el Medina (TT219), same time period as the previous image. Image from @WreszinksiAtlas1 [p. 49]; this panel is now heavily damaged (see @RamessideQueensTombs).
{% imageEnd %}

## General References

Ref: [@OxfordBG p. 66] [@Falkener p. 71] [@Bell vol. 1, p. 26] [@Murray2 §2.1.1, p. 13, §2.1.7, p. 17]

Font test: <span lang="egy-Latn">ꞽsb</span> or <span lang="egy-Latn">ꞽꜣsb</span>.

See: @DebunkingSenet, @HistoricalDevelopmentSenet, @PassingSenet
See: @DebunkingSenet, @HistoricalDevelopmentSenet, @PassingSenet, @ThirtySquareDraught (list of boards)
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I have found little information about this game outside of dictionaries, and any
more information about this game would be greatly appreciated!

The two sides of the throwing-sticks are called (in Amharic) the <span
lang="am">ንጉሥ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">nəguś</span> ‘king’ and <span
lang="am">ራስ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">ras</span> ‘head’
(=duke),[@AmharicEnglish2 p. 2142] and the sticks are often made from the wood
of [<cite>Calpurnia
aurea</cite>.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpurnia_aurea)[@UsefulTreesAndShrubsInEritrea
p. 112]

In Geʽez the game is called <span lang="gez">(አል)ሕዝል</span> <span
lang="gez-Latn">(ʾəl)ḥəzl</span>, <span lang="gez">ኅዝል</span> <span
lang="gez-Latn">ḫəzl</span>.[@ComparativeGeez p. 253]

In Amharic it is called <span lang="am">ጣብ</span> <span
lang="am-Latn">ṭab</span> (the name of the casting pieces used), or <span
lang="am">አምባራስ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">ambaras</span>
‘fortress-top’.[@AmharicEnglish2 p. 1126] Other names are <span
lang="am">አርጴ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">arəppe</span>[@AmharicEnglish2 p.
1160] or <span lang="am">አርቤ</span> <span
lang="am-Latn">arəbe</span>.[@SilteAmharicDictionary p. 179]

In Silʼte it is <span lang="stv">እሮብ</span>.[@SilteAmharicDictionary p. 179]

In Tigrinya it is called <span lang="ti">ሸደድ</span> <span
The two sides of the throwing-sticks are called (in Amharic) the <span lang="am">ንጉሥ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">nəguś</span> ‘king’ and <span lang="am">ራስ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">ras</span> ‘head’ (=duke),[@AmharicEnglish2 p. 2142] and the sticks are often made from the wood of [<cite>Calpurnia aurea</cite>.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpurnia_aurea)[@UsefulTreesAndShrubsInEritrea p. 112]

In Geʽez the game is called <span lang="gez" class="aka">(አል)ሕዝል</span> <span lang="gez-Latn" class="aka">(ʾəl)ḥəzl</span>, <span lang="gez" class="aka">ኅዝል</span> <span lang="gez-Latn" class="aka">ḫəzl</span>.[@ComparativeGeez p. 253]

In Amharic it is called <span lang="am" class="aka">ጣብ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">ṭab</span>[@ComparativeGeez p. 253] (the name of the casting pieces used),[@AmharicEnglish2 p. 2142] or <span lang="am">አምባ፡ራስ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">amba-ras</span> ‘fortress-top’.[@AmharicEnglish2 p. 1127] Other names are <span lang="am">አርጴ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">arəppe</span>[@AmharicEnglish2 p. 1160] or <span lang="am">አርቤ</span> <span lang="am-Latn">arəbe</span>.[@SilteAmharicDictionary p. 179]

In Silʼte it is <span lang="stv" class="aka">እሮብ</span>[@SilteAmharicDictionary p. 179] (<span lang="stv-Latn">irobi</span>??).

In Tigrinya it is called <span lang="ti" class="aka">ሸደድ</span> <span
lang="ti-Latn">sheded</span> and often played by a couple after their wedding.
This version seems to have the most references online, for example:

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https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%22%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A9%22-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF


Shantarad or Bub in @SomaliGames [p. 505]

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## See also

{% gameref chokoo %} is a very similar game.
{% gameref cokoo %} is a very similar game.
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- <span lang="ar">الطاب</span> (<span lang="ar-Latn">āl-ṭāb</span>) or <span lang="ar">الطاب القصب لعب</span> (<span lang="ar-Latn">āl-ṭāb āl-qṣb lʿb</span>)[@Hyde2 p. 217] (“tab with reeds”)
- <span lang="ar">الطاب</span> (<span lang="ar-Latn">āl-ṭāb</span>) or <span lang="ar">لعب الطاب القصب</span> (<span lang="ar-Latn">lʿb āl-ṭāb āl-qṣb</span>)[@Hyde2 p. 217] (“tab reed game”)
- <span lang="ar">طاب و دك</span> (<span lang="ar-Latn">ṭāb wa-duk</span>)[@ReizeNaarArabie p. 166] (“tab with mound”?)
- Persian: <span lang="fa" class="aka">بازی قمیش</span> (<span lang="fa-Latn" class="aka">bâzi qamish</span>) ‘reed game’{%fn%}Hyde writes <span lang="fa" class="aka">بازي قمش</span>; @CulinChess [p. 806] transcribes this as <span lang="fa-Latn" class="aka">bazi kamish</span>.{%endfn%}<!--An odd coincidence is that <span lang="fa">قمیش</span> <span lang="fa-Latn" class="aka">qamish</span> is used for the reed of a reed instrument, and another word for this is <span lang="fa">زبانه</span> (translit?), which now translates into English as “tab”. -->
- Ottoman Turkish: <span lang="ota" class="aka">قامش اویون</span>[@TurkishEnglishLexicon p. 1423] (modern Turkish <span lang="tr" class="aka">kamış oyun</span>), ‘reed game’ {%fn%}Hyde has <span lang="ota">قمش اويني</span>.{%endfn%}
- Comorian (Ndzuani): <span lang="wni-Arab" class="aka">ستة</span> (<span lang="wni-Latn" class="aka">sitta</span>) ‘six’


See also: @JeuxDeParcours, @HistoryOfTab, @ComputerizingTab, @ModernEgyptians [p. 317], @BedouinHeritage
See also: @JeuxDeParcours (many other games listed here), @HistoryOfTab, @ComputerizingTab, @ModernEgyptians [p. 317], @BedouinHeritage

Called deleb in @SomaliGames [p. 508], see https://www.persee.fr/doc/ista_0000-0000_1993_act_495_1_2880

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