So what you are saying is completely irrelevant here then.
As the original rules of senet have been lost over time, slight variations will apply, but ive seen no mention of pieces ever reversing in Bell or Kendall's rules

On goldtoken, what you say is true.The rules on boardgame arena, the rules are different.Landing on that space, by exact count, is mandatory for all pieces on BGA. Also, if you cannot move forward by the dice roll, you must move backwards in the BGA version. Come to BGA and try a senet game. The game there makes more sense than any of the versions here on goldtoken.

But you can't skip that space, any number rolled lands on it

In their rules, only a roll of a 1 by the player who owns the piece on the 4th space would cause the two pieces to swap. Any other number would cause the piece on the 4th space to move in reverse that number of spaces.

So what do thier rules state in this situation?

The rules, as found on Boardgame Arena, would not allow this draw to happen. Just saying!

Thanks Jools. Hmm, maybe I should have looked at the rules before posting. LOL THANKS

Not played this variant, but looking at the rules it seems it will end itself as a draw

If both players perform the same move three times with no other move inbetween, the game is assumed to be stuck, and is declared a draw.

I have not played very many games of Swapping Senet. I think we are at a stand off. Should I offer a draw? This is an Olympic game so I want to do the right thing. #14625806