Editing Senet (section)

===Equipment===
[[File:Game Box Inscribed for Taia and His Family MET 12.182.72a EGDP012976.jpg|thumb|left|Game box with two games: [[Royal Game of Ur#Game of Twenty|Game of Twenty]] on top side of the box and Senet at the bottom, {{c.}} 1550–1295 BCE]]
The senet board itself was usually constructed out of wood, ivory, [[Egyptian faience|faience]], or some combination of these materials, and the layout of the board was a grid of 30 squares, called "houses", arranged in three rows of ten.<ref name=":04">Crist 2019 p. 107</ref> A complete senet game set would have contained a distinct set of five pawns for each of the two players. At least by the New Kingdom, these pieces were in the form of hounds or dog-headed figurines.<ref name=":42">Konstantakos 2022 p. 461</ref> Through most of the game's 2,000-year history, the senet boards themselves would indicate the direction of play, usually from the top left corner and indicated by the decorations on the spaces. The last five squares were often the most decorated on the board.<ref name=":23">Crist 2019 p. 108</ref><ref name=":6">Piccione 2007 p. 54</ref> The decorations on the last five squares were unique, usually having a mark related to goodness or an aquatic reference on them.<ref name=":23"/>