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Dimensions and Proportions of Pharaonic Ships in Literary, Monumental and Archaeological Material

Dimensions and Proportions of Pharaonic Ships in Literary, Monumental and Archaeological Material Steve Vinson (Chicago) I.J. Poll has recently made the appealing Suggestion that a partially preserved numeral in BGU VII, 1663, referring to the overall length of a ship, ought to be read s [], (19, measured in cubits = about 10 meters), rather than the editor's reading of [] (30).! With the unproblematic reading of six cubits (approx. three meters) for maximum beam (width), Poll's reading would produce a length-to-beam ratio of about 3:1, in good accord with the other set of vessel dimensions recorded from the Roman period, the 35 11-cubit vessel of BGU IV, 1157.2 In a brief mention of the proportions of pharaonic ships (n. 15), Poll was only able to adduce the stone-hauling b rge of Wni which, according to this SixthDynasty courtier's autobiography, had a length-to-beam ratio of 2:1 (i.e., 60 cubits in length, 30 in breadth).3 In fact, there is good reason to think that the ideal length-to-beam ratio of pharaonic cargo vessels, like the Nile vessels known to us from these Roman-era papyri, was 3:1. The following examples may be cited, in chronological order: "Ladef higkeit und Gr e der Nilschiffe," APF 42/1 (1996), p. 133. It ought to be noted, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
ISSN
0066-6459
eISSN
1867-1551
DOI
10.1515/apf.1997.43.1.69
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Abstract

Steve Vinson (Chicago) I.J. Poll has recently made the appealing Suggestion that a partially preserved numeral in BGU VII, 1663, referring to the overall length of a ship, ought to be read s [], (19, measured in cubits = about 10 meters), rather than the editor's reading of [] (30).! With the unproblematic reading of six cubits (approx. three meters) for maximum beam (width), Poll's reading would produce a length-to-beam ratio of about 3:1, in good accord with the other set of vessel dimensions recorded from the Roman period, the 35 11-cubit vessel of BGU IV, 1157.2 In a brief mention of the proportions of pharaonic ships (n. 15), Poll was only able to adduce the stone-hauling b rge of Wni which, according to this SixthDynasty courtier's autobiography, had a length-to-beam ratio of 2:1 (i.e., 60 cubits in length, 30 in breadth).3 In fact, there is good reason to think that the ideal length-to-beam ratio of pharaonic cargo vessels, like the Nile vessels known to us from these Roman-era papyri, was 3:1. The following examples may be cited, in chronological order: "Ladef higkeit und Gr e der Nilschiffe," APF 42/1 (1996), p. 133. It ought to be noted,

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Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebietede Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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