Show More Light on Egyptian Life un u Am nr the th many portions of writ writ- l n papyri dieco I b b by 11 M. 1 at at III In th the urn an and which were rec tc C because c used usell for stiffening U Ten l i ins the tho c o of mummy cases Is ono which forms th the or of the uie n new w wu u work Papyrus liar par li U- U US S c- c I c-I ion de e dc tic e I Lillie This IH Is more COrn com I pleto titan than usual with such Jhc pieces 8 measuring l c centimeters and is IH written upon upun both oth sides bides Althou Although h a as it Is of no In Interest 1 it 1 J ij of much tOUCh value for Cur the mensura j tion at the Ihu time of ot the lie for foi I 1 it contains a K plan n displayIng four rou canals ca ca 1 and the Irrigation dikes upon a n I nals and the whole su surface sur- sur sUI 1 turin farm In iii tl um iuen area urea l Is IH marked out Into I face Cac of a n etl plots plot Because or of this forty torl sued sized I U It SUl for or the thc first time limo tho the correct dimensions of the Iho uJ old oh Greek surface I j ture called and also IndirectlY Inre In- In re ure Dilution Some rey the tue directlY y o or of II whole the text lext and the of lines Milr- Milr Vir of or the tho works arc are per per- i f or of the Pro preserved cred on and anil the statement In iii I Ithe document t u us to he the paid In m and the Jury In lit the ther to keel keep n work f for Cor lie tys for irrigatIng order ien r th the Seato plaIt fo rUI iii such works ork as t u n ond carried carrle red out for the purpose IC then writing j Is he or of f t the third 1 The rh style atle l uC 0 the tho bears U. U UC C C. au and i- i as U tho Ito Papyrus century i 7 of oC omi om the date or OC year It U must have been monarch on we WO l In lii InV PtolemY Plo written un tinder J cr being given alSI as alS 59 55 V U. U c c rI rho month I I dates datos it 11 definitely v cf j U NO No cm cm bT br or ot D' D December D' of or D. D C e The contents show that thai work pro pro- ro- ro longed cl into ti lh the spring or not hot season was WillS b better paid ald fui rOI in Iii thi hl winter probably bJ b because oue of or tin thy heat hekt At th the ho ind of ur the lap papyrus ru th Inspector clor o memoranda ii it embodies and whoso name ui pears to o ba been J states that uil he left the Ite ite of or the works work on cli the thu ith day of am and wen went t b by bywater water waler to a Q post lost caled 1 a Q n new 10 name nume for Cot Ot an officials official quarters in Inthe 0 the J um though a rr frequent one line in jn tho the H home From the Uio he proceeded to a town known from the Iho Run Ranier ler papyri ut It Vienna th thence nce to the th lie town of or th the thu Syrians which Is la mentioned hi iii the papyri and tiD another papyrus In finally nally arriving at III but w were rc t 5 mun of that hut nathe numo III in the tha It if is 18 difficult to tJ say ay which is 18 In- In landed Near Noar to lie tho village of ot the Syrians was os Nc-a Nc n as Ap- Ap says ho lit w was near to the Labyrinth Labyrinth Laby Laby- I it in rna y be 01 or Finally ho lie reports I his arrival al at t the Uthe city but ut does not toll tell us it Ill Ita name Later tho the dimensIons gf f iho thu na blon which occur again Inin in I nn in O papyrus No of ot I the tho Roman noman uVIe appear t to io to be be- onie- onie what larger than in the at I TIle r tinting dating from four carlIer oar ear lier lies but perhaps the thu later tater document nt now that ire we e. e have hac the tte clear description of or the these e agrarian m measures from Glo- Glo ran rail m may bo lIe more correctly Interpreted 01 or the size site may have hav varied Joseph Joseph Offord in itt the Egyptian Gazette |