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Thisis a miserable fragment,withlinesbrokenat both ends,but

it is not without interest. Thewritingshowsthatit is the work of the

samescribeas the Mathematical Papyrus,andthe name Ka-mesuis

valuable as agreeing with all that we know of the date of that

document. Theuse of a silver unit in Egypt for estimating value

is thus takenbackto the age of the Hyksos.

Addendum.

Page167. I might havenotedthat,in dates writtenin hieratic,

the numerals for the days of the month are invariably turnedon

theirsides. Monumentalwritingoccasionallypreservesthis arrange

mentfor the units, but never for the tens. Theextremelyancient

ostracon,No. 429 of the Leyden Museum(MonumensII, ccxxviii),

O

putsthe reading of the hieratic beyonddoubt,withc_cfor "day

24,"writtenin cursive hieroglyphs.

Thewordseshemtor stmt (P ^^ ^ ... ) is misprinted smt,

seshmt,eshemton pp. 204-5.

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