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KAHUN PAPYRI.
Thus there were three sisters (names un-
known), all dead. The grandchildren of one
of these sisters, presumably the eldest, them-
selves had children; those of the second were
of age, while those of the third were still very
young. We can readily see that ||| means
young babies born within the year. ||j I "j^" jj§)
is a child of about years, and jjj ,-Jj is a
child weaned, or perhaps one capable of
" carrying." In 1. 6 occurs without ^; in
1. 17" ||j is written after the determinative,
unless the hieratic sign is to be read as the
numeral 7, which is improbable.1
So much for the abbreviated annotations,
&c, following the names : the dots and sym-
bols preceding them are less easy to interpret.
^""j (?) may perhaps be taken to indicate
priestly rank, and that both parents
were of that class ; but this latter theory does
not work out well in the list. In 1. 18 there
is a very difficult group that I cannot read.
Of all these persons, the only male that can
be grown up is Ameny; in fact, the almost total
absence of males from the uput lists, even
among the serfs, is curious. Probably the
male serfs who were the husbands of these
women, or at least the fathers of their children,
were registered elsewhere, and many would
have separate households, like the ^T^si1^
in the Butler papyrus. There is, of course,
no absolute proof that all the persons in the
uput lived under Senefru's roof.
I. 21. hnt, "from amongst." Cf. Siut,
Tomb L, 11. 272, 276, &c.
prbkw. The determinative resembles ©,
and the word may be a place-name, perhaps
connected with
in Nubia.
I. 24" is very obscure. " Year 4 " is always
written with four strokes, so this must be at
least ^ (40), with or without units following :
probably it is the same as in 6".
PI. xi., I. 1. The restoration is entirely con-
jectural. It might be " given to her by his
father," if Usertesen is another name for
Usertesen'Senb.
II. 1, 2. The genealogy of the priest
Kha'kau'Ra^Senefru, so far as it can be
obtained from these lines and PI. x., 11. 1-6,
is as follows :—■
w
>, at or near Dakkeh
Ameny
Mekten
Senb* Usertesen Usertesen'Senb Nekhta-Senb, mt'i n si
I I
Kha'kairlia'Senefra, hr lib = Sent*
I. 3. " Year 26." This hieratic form of 6
might be taken for 8, but is in reality quite
distinct, and occurs regularly in the title
1 In PL ix., 1. 29, Senefru new-born is |j ^ ; in 11. 18-21,
about a year later, he and his two youngest aunts are pj. In
PI. xiii., 1.17, a child is 11 "j^, 2j years old, and another is
f§), preceded perhaps by some other mark of age.
Renefsenb
Satka*
M
SeE* III.
in the Pap. Bu., no. 18, Pis.
e> ill r '
xxv., &c.
The words " satisfaction with it, oath," have
reference to the transaction by which these
serfs were handed over: probably it was an
Im'it pr, which had to be agreed to on oath,
cf. PI. xiii., 1. 27. This transaction was made
between Senefru's aunt and his father or
uncle in the year 26, doubtless of the reign
KAHUN PAPYRI.
Thus there were three sisters (names un-
known), all dead. The grandchildren of one
of these sisters, presumably the eldest, them-
selves had children; those of the second were
of age, while those of the third were still very
young. We can readily see that ||| means
young babies born within the year. ||j I "j^" jj§)
is a child of about years, and jjj ,-Jj is a
child weaned, or perhaps one capable of
" carrying." In 1. 6 occurs without ^; in
1. 17" ||j is written after the determinative,
unless the hieratic sign is to be read as the
numeral 7, which is improbable.1
So much for the abbreviated annotations,
&c, following the names : the dots and sym-
bols preceding them are less easy to interpret.
^""j (?) may perhaps be taken to indicate
priestly rank, and that both parents
were of that class ; but this latter theory does
not work out well in the list. In 1. 18 there
is a very difficult group that I cannot read.
Of all these persons, the only male that can
be grown up is Ameny; in fact, the almost total
absence of males from the uput lists, even
among the serfs, is curious. Probably the
male serfs who were the husbands of these
women, or at least the fathers of their children,
were registered elsewhere, and many would
have separate households, like the ^T^si1^
in the Butler papyrus. There is, of course,
no absolute proof that all the persons in the
uput lived under Senefru's roof.
I. 21. hnt, "from amongst." Cf. Siut,
Tomb L, 11. 272, 276, &c.
prbkw. The determinative resembles ©,
and the word may be a place-name, perhaps
connected with
in Nubia.
I. 24" is very obscure. " Year 4 " is always
written with four strokes, so this must be at
least ^ (40), with or without units following :
probably it is the same as in 6".
PI. xi., I. 1. The restoration is entirely con-
jectural. It might be " given to her by his
father," if Usertesen is another name for
Usertesen'Senb.
II. 1, 2. The genealogy of the priest
Kha'kau'Ra^Senefru, so far as it can be
obtained from these lines and PI. x., 11. 1-6,
is as follows :—■
w
>, at or near Dakkeh
Ameny
Mekten
Senb* Usertesen Usertesen'Senb Nekhta-Senb, mt'i n si
I I
Kha'kairlia'Senefra, hr lib = Sent*
I. 3. " Year 26." This hieratic form of 6
might be taken for 8, but is in reality quite
distinct, and occurs regularly in the title
1 In PL ix., 1. 29, Senefru new-born is |j ^ ; in 11. 18-21,
about a year later, he and his two youngest aunts are pj. In
PI. xiii., 1.17, a child is 11 "j^, 2j years old, and another is
f§), preceded perhaps by some other mark of age.
Renefsenb
Satka*
M
SeE* III.
in the Pap. Bu., no. 18, Pis.
e> ill r '
xxv., &c.
The words " satisfaction with it, oath," have
reference to the transaction by which these
serfs were handed over: probably it was an
Im'it pr, which had to be agreed to on oath,
cf. PI. xiii., 1. 27. This transaction was made
between Senefru's aunt and his father or
uncle in the year 26, doubtless of the reign