Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

Mayi] SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1894.

Otherwordsin the Table.— 1. J, f^ zat, "remainder,"e.g..'
in the scshemt of 2 -i- 19 we have the calculation thatTV of 19 = 1 +
\ + TV. The " remainder," zat,of 2 after subtracting 1 + ^ + tV
is shown to be $ + .}.*

2. 1 w , temt, "united,""total";the sign is the determinative of
   the word ^\<=^>.temt- In accounts we have entriessuchas: —

1

•5V•

g 1 wine 1 hbnt.

8^S^Q 54 beer 4 hbnt.

AA<=» =^=5 Total5."

. " ., like the other determinatives,beingseparatedfromits word :
hencearosethisuse of. w. alone to represent temt. It is found,
e.g.,in 2 -4- 9.

i*^J\£w, " find " or " found." In some caseswherecalculation
was required it was omitted by the scribe, whogaveonlythe result,
addingterselythe word km,probablyas a direction to the reader
to " find " it himself, or else as an assurance thatthe result has been
"proved"or "found," and is safe to use.
Thuskm is placed before 43 -7- 42 = 1 J?» 47 -r- 3c = i£ TV,
49 -J- 28 = i£ i, and so on in most cases. It occurs altogether
2 1 times, viz. :—
o times (correct).
„ (omittedbefore 25 -r- 15).
„ (omittedbefore29-5-24,31-4-20,35-^30,
35-5-43.)
3 times (correct).
4 times (correct).
4 times (correct).
4 times (correct).
7 times (twicewiththe second seshemt,correctly,
and twice perhaps incorrectly, viz., 93H-62
= i| and 99 t- 66 = 1^, for 1$ is a starting
number,andperhapsneededno calculation).
Themeaningandpurposeof ^Q\ is clear, but the scribe seems
to have usedor omitted it vaguely andcarelessly.

* Subtraction of fractions is taught in the sekem calculations,PI. IX-X.

I St 1 column,

2nd 11

3rd n

4th ,»

5th '1

6th 11

7th ,'

8th

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