sfbey Wrote:
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> Oh I see what you mean. I looked up 1/2 and yes
> that could be. But lets go back to your paper. Why
> use 1/2 in the dates you illustrated from al Jarf
> and the pyramid
> [grahamhancock.com]
> ,1149561#msg-1149561
> Why use "1/2" in those dates? I don't know
> Hieratic. That's why I have these questions.



The signs in the al Jarf papyrus (above) are not "1/2". They are signs representing days of the month (hence the solar disc) whereby the '10' (^) sign is presented on its side (>) just as Gardiner states the AE did with hieratic:

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“In Hieratic the tens and units, when referring to the days of the month, are invariably laid on their side… Traces of a similar use, though as regards the units only, are sometimes found in Middle Kingdom hieroglyphic…” - Gardiner, Sir Alan, Egyptian Grammar, 3rd Edition (1957), p.191.

SC



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 13-Jun-18 21:34 by Scott Creighton.