The evidence is one papyrus....
A sample size of one is meaningless.
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As with all of these things you tend to "dip" in where appropriate.
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The sample size is far too small to be able to get any sort of statistics. All we can conclude is that both methods are attested.
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Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
> John Wall Wrote:
> > Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
> > > As for Breadsted, I'm not convinced by your two
> > > last arguments: new translation
> >
> > The introduction to the version I've got cautions
> > the reader that things have moved on. Breasted
> > followed the Berlin school - so he was better than
> &g
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If you're familiar with the nature of preservation you'd understand Peet's problems. Some papyri are, at best, fragmentary - the Turin King List is an excellent example. Similarly, not every scribe was as careful as might be hoped. Peet's "interpretation" is fairly standard practice when dealing with the standard of material sometimes bequeathed to us.
There'
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And we also know that the height was derived from the base and the seked - RMP57.
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Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
> As for Breadsted, I'm not convinced by your two
> last arguments: new translation
The introduction to the version I've got cautions the reader that things have moved on. Breasted followed the Berlin school - so he was better than Budge - but a lot has happened since 1906.
> and "most
> propably"?
I'm familiar with that partic
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A "figure in the sciences" fits ! We know the design rules; sekeds - unfortunately they used a variety of those....
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I presume you mean p28 of Vol. 1 ?
The first instance is probably within the variability (2 months) of the inundation. I've previously posted information to the effect that that could vary considerably.
The second instance is more intriguing but I'd want to see if there's a more up to date translation.
The third instance almost certainly doesn't refer to the heliacal
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If you read Gillings (p 187) you'll see that they could do it by the height and base or by the seked and base. Whether they also used seked and height is unknown.
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As the picture seems to be invisible why don't you just post a reference to the AE text that shows 22/7, 3 1/7, or whatever, as the relationship between a circle's diameter and circumference ?
Oh, but you can't....
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You're just unlucky ! I can't see the picture
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Er, we're not talking about "design rules". The subject has been that if you take a couple of dimensions you can deduce the knowledge of a particular mathematical constant.
That is, of course,
"If you set about measuring a complicated structure like the Pyramid, you will quickly have on hand a great abundance of lengths to play with. If you have sufficient patience to j
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"If you set about measuring a complicated structure like the Pyramid, you will quickly have on hand a great abundance of lengths to play with. If you have sufficient patience to juggle them about in various ways, you are certain to come out with many figures which coincide with important historical dates or figures in the sciences. Since you are bound by no rules, it would be odd indeed if t
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There are usually "traces" if someone is familiar with something...
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OK, imho that means they started with something non-astronomical and then "corrected" it at a later date.
John
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Well, they clearly had a calendar of 365 days...
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Of course they attest to many things. If nothing else the Great Pyramid is a testament to the years of work that went into it. By examining it you can learn a lot about their constructional techniques, etc.
However, what is absolutely meaningless is to take Dimension A, out of many, and Dimension B, again out of many, and conclude that, when combined, they're evidence of the knowledge of
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You mentioned the year, and that has nothing to do with calendars....
John
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Perhaps the names of the seasons have something to do with it ?
John
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You can't have a discussion without the fantasies coming into it
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If he's read more than me, which I doubt, then he can easily give a reference to a text that demonstrates his beloved 22/7, 3 1/7, or whatever, in action. All he can do is produce quotes by people who clearly know little about AE maths and repeatedly dismiss the work of the guy who wrote the standard work on the subject.
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Perhaps you should also post what Gillings has to say about the quality of the scribe's writing.
John
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A star has five points, a pyramid only has four.
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