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GUROB PAPYRI.
for Per-Usar in place-names. In lllahun,
PI. xxviii., Professor Petrie published the
inscriptions of two coffins from Abusir on
the Geziret Abusir near the mouth of the
Faiyum (see Baedeker's map). The inscrip-
tions on one of the coffins name a priest of
Osiris and of Herbes in northern Abydos :
evidently there was at this Abusir a temple to
Osiris of Abydos.
Note the hieratic writing of the name of
Osiris, j2 or Sl'asif l^i-
I. 11. In \ probably replaces
^t' nofc @-
I. 14. It is a pity that the precise date can-
not be read, for thus perhaps we should have
been furnished with the means of ascertaining
the relation of this document to the former.
The space indicates that the day of the month
was in the tens or twenties, so that very
probably the engagement recorded in II. 2
followed directly upon the engagement in
II. 1.
/. 16. I do not understand the signs before
djyt.
I. 17. By the previous contract 7 or 17
days as hnt Htrwyt, and 4 days as hnt hnwt,
in all 11 or 21 clays, were paid for by
6 + 4 + 8 + 4(?) + 15 (or 11) hhetem, in all
probably 37 hhetem, or perhaps 33 or less :
or possibly 15 khetem in all, see 1. 7. By
II. 2, 6 days as hnt Hirwyt are paid for by
6 + [4 ?]| (?) + 4 hhetem = 141 (?) hhetem in
all. I do not see any way of explaining these
figures.
I. 22. As late as the XlXth Dynasty we have
/WWW AAAAAA .Ji —11
Ab., 1215.
i i i /WWW
©' MAE-> Oat.
II. 3.
A small blank sheet, originally of about the
same size as II. 2, and probably once forming
part of it.
The formal documents and the numerous
witnesses, together with the disproportion of
the terms of service to the two payments, lead
one to suppose that these contracts were
formalities connected with some more important
affair, such as a marriage : or there may have
been a dispute about the payment. The bad
writing and bad condition of the documents
make them extremely tantalizing.
Gukob, III. 1.
Fbagment of Journal.
[Pis. XXXIX., 11. 24-36; XL.]
Sheet, 16^ in. = 41*5 cm. high x lOf in. -
27 cm. broad. Very coarse.
Recto.—The terminal signs of many lines of
writing are visible on the right-hand edge,
reaching nearly to the base. In the middle is
a page preserved entire, though it is torn, and
the writing upon it is slightly injured. Below
the writing the sheet is blank for 7 inches, and
there is a broad margin on the left.
Verso. — Almost completely occupied by
writing in black and red; the lines imperfect
at either end.
The papyrus appears to have been the
journal kept by a royal scribe, in which receipts
of tribute are entered and copies of correspon-
dence kept.
Recto.—First Entry.
The first text preserved is the end of a long
letter from a lady. Her correspondent is
evidently of princehy rank, if not the king
himself, as Rameses II. is described as the
"father" of the person addressed. The lady
is apparently stating that she has been urged
or commissioned by another lady to have
certain work done in exceptionally fine style.
[(a lady) said to me, "If thou wilt cause...............
to be done]
(24) being like those which are doue for Ra, exactly,
exactly, I shall cause thee to be marvelled at for them,
GUROB PAPYRI.
for Per-Usar in place-names. In lllahun,
PI. xxviii., Professor Petrie published the
inscriptions of two coffins from Abusir on
the Geziret Abusir near the mouth of the
Faiyum (see Baedeker's map). The inscrip-
tions on one of the coffins name a priest of
Osiris and of Herbes in northern Abydos :
evidently there was at this Abusir a temple to
Osiris of Abydos.
Note the hieratic writing of the name of
Osiris, j2 or Sl'asif l^i-
I. 11. In \ probably replaces
^t' nofc @-
I. 14. It is a pity that the precise date can-
not be read, for thus perhaps we should have
been furnished with the means of ascertaining
the relation of this document to the former.
The space indicates that the day of the month
was in the tens or twenties, so that very
probably the engagement recorded in II. 2
followed directly upon the engagement in
II. 1.
/. 16. I do not understand the signs before
djyt.
I. 17. By the previous contract 7 or 17
days as hnt Htrwyt, and 4 days as hnt hnwt,
in all 11 or 21 clays, were paid for by
6 + 4 + 8 + 4(?) + 15 (or 11) hhetem, in all
probably 37 hhetem, or perhaps 33 or less :
or possibly 15 khetem in all, see 1. 7. By
II. 2, 6 days as hnt Hirwyt are paid for by
6 + [4 ?]| (?) + 4 hhetem = 141 (?) hhetem in
all. I do not see any way of explaining these
figures.
I. 22. As late as the XlXth Dynasty we have
/WWW AAAAAA .Ji —11
Ab., 1215.
i i i /WWW
©' MAE-> Oat.
II. 3.
A small blank sheet, originally of about the
same size as II. 2, and probably once forming
part of it.
The formal documents and the numerous
witnesses, together with the disproportion of
the terms of service to the two payments, lead
one to suppose that these contracts were
formalities connected with some more important
affair, such as a marriage : or there may have
been a dispute about the payment. The bad
writing and bad condition of the documents
make them extremely tantalizing.
Gukob, III. 1.
Fbagment of Journal.
[Pis. XXXIX., 11. 24-36; XL.]
Sheet, 16^ in. = 41*5 cm. high x lOf in. -
27 cm. broad. Very coarse.
Recto.—The terminal signs of many lines of
writing are visible on the right-hand edge,
reaching nearly to the base. In the middle is
a page preserved entire, though it is torn, and
the writing upon it is slightly injured. Below
the writing the sheet is blank for 7 inches, and
there is a broad margin on the left.
Verso. — Almost completely occupied by
writing in black and red; the lines imperfect
at either end.
The papyrus appears to have been the
journal kept by a royal scribe, in which receipts
of tribute are entered and copies of correspon-
dence kept.
Recto.—First Entry.
The first text preserved is the end of a long
letter from a lady. Her correspondent is
evidently of princehy rank, if not the king
himself, as Rameses II. is described as the
"father" of the person addressed. The lady
is apparently stating that she has been urged
or commissioned by another lady to have
certain work done in exceptionally fine style.
[(a lady) said to me, "If thou wilt cause...............
to be done]
(24) being like those which are doue for Ra, exactly,
exactly, I shall cause thee to be marvelled at for them,