Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

June5] PROCEEDINGS. [1894.

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forma series in arithmetical progression. In I. 2 for v&

read

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No. 65. " Instance (?) of making breadf\ for 10 persons,

i^^^^^^=^r5^sindudins acknemu (?)

a thesu anda door-keeper with double(allowances)." y ^\ vfc is

the plain transcription of the firsttitle, but it may be doubted

whether^ ^K wiorn ^\ v& is not intended.

Thethesuis a "ganger."

It goes on : " Add thou all the men together evenly"

"K ^Sf^Jt ° "it becomes 13." The 10 persons, three

of them havingdoubleportions,countas 13 with equalshares.

No.66. 10 heqat of fat in a year makehowmuchper diem?

No. 67. In I. 2 a patch of papyrus has been gummedovera

crack,and the writing has been clumsilycopiedon to the patch.

" Example of reckoning the produce of a herdsman. Behold

thisherdsman hascome to the stocktaking with 70 oxen. This

reckonerof the oxen saysto this herdsman c— *a Jr Q I *v£5J 1

0 L_n <h>- ^ ^? tt '

|\ veryfew? (or Jr " very fine " (?) ) are the heads of

of oxen you are contributing : what is the whole numberof (v-^)

yourheadsof oxen of various kinds(dsha). Thisoxherdsaysto

him,' I am contributing to you § of £ of the oxen thatyouhave

committed (?) to me : I have reckoned andI found that I had

completed(my contribution)." A calculation is then made,resulting

in 315 "as the number that had been committed(?) to him,"

s-api-nf,\ of \ of it being 70, " those thathe contributed."

J\ " bring " is the technical wordfor " contribute," " pay taxes,"

&c,ands— 1 *|\ .-"-.is equally technicalfor full dischargeof a

contributionin the Bulak Papyrus,No. 18. Theherdsmenprobably

farmedthe stock of great owners, andwereaccustomedto repay

yearlya certain proportionatenumberof animals withtheircalves.

No. 68. " If the scribe saysto thee ^\fc$jBrim 4 gangers

earn 100 large quadrupleheqatof corn ; the workmen of the first

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