Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

June5] PROCEEDINGS. [1894.

measureT 'SN. /CD andby ^aAmeasure /O: I allowed the
peasantto take corn for himself andhis wife, the widow for herself
andher son."

I do not know of any otherinstance of the word T vN. ..-O

as a corn measure,but the verb T v\ r meaningto measure

in all senses is very common.

c^>I 9 withthe determinative of wood (which is badly

renderedin the facsimile but clear enoughin the original) is shown
by this passage to be the name of the wooden vessels(probablyeach
containingone heqat, 2 heqat, or 4 heqat), whichare seen in the hands
of the labourers measuringcorn. Thewordoccursin the Negative
Confession, ch. 125 of the Book of the Dead, l. 8= 16 of the
introduction,and l. 19=6 of the confession, as c^a J 8 ..O : "I
have not increased or reduced the measuring-vessel, I have not
reduced the aroura, I have not taken a cubit fromthe fields, I
havenot added to the weight of the balance, I have not .... the
plummetof the scales."
It will be recollected thatthe henu is about a pint measure,used
for valuable substancesin small amounts,whilethe heqat wasthe
officialcornmeasureof the country.
Nos.82-4. Foodof live-stock.

1. "Estimate (or cost?) of food of the Tij^S^irZ] aut
   /wwv\I I I
   aptuper,pondof domestic birds"


2. makesin bread dailyheqatof utyt


3. fatted goose eats goose 10 2^
   L. 2 and 3 have to be combined to make their meaning
   intelligibleto those whoare not accustomed to Egyptian accounts,
   thus:—
   2, 3. The food of 10 "1
   fatted geese> daily 2\ heqat of utyt (breadflour?)
   makesin breadJ


4. „ in 10 days \ of a hundred do.


5. „ „ 40 „ 1 hundred do.


6. What mustbe ground 1 ,, ,
   to produce, (?) ,,x 100 J > Betett-comheqat' l^1 66 A.


7. „ S«/-corn66f (ft insteadof %&)
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