Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

June5] PROCEEDINGS. [1894.

Thereare thus, probably,no separate groupsfor the subdivisions
of -£, and its powers i, ±.

(2.)Rulefor finding\ (=-^) of a fraction. (PI. XIX,

No.6i«; Commentar,p. 150.)
Thisruleis well enoughinterpretedby Professor Eisenlohr:only
for '<— I read ^^andfor hepert set read ^ <^> P \. The trans

lationis —

"Themakingf of a kbt fraction. Accordingas is said to thee

' what is •§• of i?' make thou its double andits six-times; thatis

its f. Behold thou, is done likewise in reference to every kebt

fraction(?) that mayoccur."

Theprecise meaningof tat kbt is unknown. Thescribehas

expressedthe rule badly: he should havesaid "take the half and

the sixth part."

PartII. —The Ta (bread) calculation, a division by 10 of

THEUNITS I TO 9.

PI. IX, Commentar, p. 49 ff.

The beginningsof the lines in the firstcolumn are lost ; the

remainsof the first band are without writing,but as it can hardly

havebeenblank,a short titlehas probably beenbrokenawayhere.

ThecompleteexampleNo. 6 may be translated, " the making

0 ( )

of 9 loaves r\ for 10 persons: Do thou count

rr I to ten times," etc.
2
The words left untranslated are U M which occurfre-
n SW
quently in the subsequent pagesof the papyrus. Thephrase is
foundalsoin the tomb of the accountant Paheri(L.D.II, 4; Tylor
andGriffith,Tombof Paheri, PI. IX, l. 42), butI cannot catchits
technicalmeaning. Possiblyit is, " the thing is done, accordingas
takesplace....,"i.e., the way to do it is by "
5 ft , w ,w ^\ meansin some way"to count," especiallyfor

multiplication: -cs>- 5 K |-w-- ¥jv bas the same meaning,

" perform the operation of counting on " a number, and

occursseveraltimesas an abbreviation of it. It may referto some

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