June5] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.
difficultto translate. Thethirdand last elementis
o =
se-qet, lit., "that whichmakesthe nature," namelythe proportion
betweenthe half baseand the height ; for this ratio the cubit is
takenas the unit, andthe fraction is therefore expressedin spans.
E.g., base of a pyramid is 360, \ base 180,andheight is 250
.-. proportion fixingthe angle is ffg = \ = i£ia spans= 5J5
spans.
Thefirstexample(No.56) gives preciselythe angle of the lower
halfof the southern stone pyramid at Dahshur, the remainder
(Nos.57, 58, 59a and b) have thatof the second pyramidof Gizeh.
No. 60 is a monument in which the proportion is 1:4, so having
the angle of the mastaba-tombs of the Ancient Empire,and of the
sides of the Medûm pyramid. Here the monument is named
[j|. an, "heap, pillar, high monument," the base "
senti," foundation,"andthe height A *^\ M Y "^"" ^ % <
qay en heru, " vertical length" : the proportion, as before, is named
se-qet.
Book III. —Miscellaneous Problems, &c.
PI. XIX.In this placetherehas been an unlucky pieceof patching : the
menderfilleda large part of the gap at the beginning of the sheet
withblankpapyrus, and did not scruple to cover up some of the
writing on the back ; before fasteningthe patch downhe took the
precaution to draw the ignsuponit, but did this so roughly and
carelesslythattheyare not easy to read,anddo not agree in position
withthe scraps of the original that wereleft uncovered. Thisis
especiallynoticeablein the nth line,zehti,where.,, is seen repeated
beyondthe edge of the patch.
For No. 61 see above, p. 230.
No.62. Exchange valuesof metals. See vol. xiv, p. 437, xv, 307.
No. 63. Distribution of loaves in certain proportions. See
Eisenlohr,p. 158.
No. 64. Instance (?) of distributing ^^^\ ^±=,,^=5^^o Q^3>.
Peru seemsto mean the fixed differencebetweenquantitieswhich
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