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> Audrey Wrote:
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> > Dated by the cartouche of course. They don't
> need
> > no stinkin RCD. All in all it's
> > just a..nother brick in the wall
> Thanks. Is that what the egyptillogicalists say?
Yup, they say it's dated by cartouche and pottery. They have not C14'd anything, although they claim an abundance of wood and cloth was found. BUT... how do the date the pottery? By the shape, the neck, the handle. Then they look in their pottery catalog (seriously) and match it. How do they know a piece in the catalog really is from the 4th dyn? Because said piece was found in a tomb, a cemetery, or near a pyramid. In other words, by location. How do they know that location is 4th dyn? By the cartouches. There's no escaping this perfectly circular logic. A couple have tried to use the cattle count to place the year within the king's reign, sidestepping the problem of an absence of an AE calendar. Without calendar, there is no 0 point to work forwards or backwards from. Cattle count in which decade, in which century?
> Compliment number three.
>
> Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11-Mar-17 06:23 by Audrey.
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> Audrey Wrote:
>
> > Dated by the cartouche of course. They don't
> need
> > no stinkin RCD. All in all it's
> > just a..nother brick in the wall
> Thanks. Is that what the egyptillogicalists say?
Yup, they say it's dated by cartouche and pottery. They have not C14'd anything, although they claim an abundance of wood and cloth was found. BUT... how do the date the pottery? By the shape, the neck, the handle. Then they look in their pottery catalog (seriously) and match it. How do they know a piece in the catalog really is from the 4th dyn? Because said piece was found in a tomb, a cemetery, or near a pyramid. In other words, by location. How do they know that location is 4th dyn? By the cartouches. There's no escaping this perfectly circular logic. A couple have tried to use the cattle count to place the year within the king's reign, sidestepping the problem of an absence of an AE calendar. Without calendar, there is no 0 point to work forwards or backwards from. Cattle count in which decade, in which century?
> Compliment number three.
>
> Shine On You Crazy Diamond
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions - Confucius
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11-Mar-17 06:23 by Audrey.
