So far as is known there certainly weren't coins until long
after the third dynasty, of course. There is a rather curious
line in the PT "His fare is not accepted in the great ship".
This is a pretty complicated concept for the time this was
written so I've suspected it's a translation error. "Fare"
is simply more complicate than "money". Of course it's poss-
ible that the translation is accurate and fare was a service
or product tendered in exchange for passage.

Edited to add that it might even be proof that the orthodox
interpretation is correct if the service rendered is the reci-
tation of the proper spell.

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Man fears the pyramid, time fears man.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2009 02:11PM by cladking.