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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,
Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – de Gruyter
Published: Jan 1, 1997
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