Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

Mayi] SOCIETYOFBIBLICALARCHEOLOGY. [1894.

Express(?) 2 from amongst(?) 3 (answer) —r (of three) (proof,—j-
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of 3 =) 2.
The precisemeaning of n f] %, *% in the papyrus is not
quitecertain; its ordinary meanings appear to be " proclaim "
and "summon." Thefirst of these leads to the rendering "ex

press,"the second is probably foundin No. 67, 2 (1 [j ^\ ^ra ,

" this summoner (of the oxen of this herdsman)." In nearly every

instancewheren fl Vm is found in the papyrus, it is used of division,

but PI. XVIII, No. 56, i, is an exception.

Khnt often means "among"in the sense of "from-among"

(selective), but I do not know of any instance in which it is dis

tributive"to among," otherwiseI should translateit here "divided

among."

2 is added at the end to show that the solution is correct.

The division of 2 by 3 was so simple, and — so familiar, that it

requiredno working out ; the next problemwas less easy.

(Express 2 out of) 5 ; (answer) -5 + -jV

(Proof)(\ of s is) ii (-jV of 5 is) \. (Total i-l + i= 2.)

Of all this only the figures 5, !,t i-i-, -L, i are written in the

papyrus.

Nextcomesthe "working out,"or "method," l^>b

seshemt,viz. :—

5 «= 5

i£ •>' in modern * * "*"

/' , +± ^nguage. /fl=lf

/ 1 » / a = 4

* The standing figureis better thanthe seated SJ, as the determinative of

mis. In Rnmesside hieraticthe two signsare very distinct,but they coincide

in this early form.

t Thick typedenotesred ink in the facsimile.

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