Corpuscles Wrote:
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> Q2
>
> In the course of discussions you will recall the
> section of Papyri Wadi al-Jarf that SC placed a
> focus on the column containing a
> series of "thirteens" III n

This:

http://grahamhancock.com/phorum/read.php?1,1133868,1136348#msg-1136348

> As you know I am a VERY slow progressing dunce and
> it occurred to me that it could be the
> determinative for "many" associated with ten ie
> "many tens".
>
> I found some real examples translated "many
> hundreds" . (III rope coil)
>
> Curious could this be what Merer meant or can you
> advise otherwise why it is specifically "thirteen"
> or any help for my beginner ignorance on the
> matter?
>
> Thanking you in advance
> Cheers

Looks like 13. This being accounts, a specific number seems more likely, but I don’t really follow what’s going on with this papyrus.

Several columns have what looks like in them, but I do not know why it would have this orientation (as opposed to ), so I have not made anything of it, other than to suggest careful attention to all of the numerals.

Added: I’m not sure at this point how they distinguished 3 (as III) from the plural determinative.

M.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 14-Feb-18 00:54 by Martin Stower.