84]
FEED OF OXEN
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The daily portion of feed to fatten
| A goose | is | 1⁄81⁄32 | hekat | 31⁄3 | ro | for | 1 | bird |
| A terp—goose | " | 1⁄81⁄32 | " | 31⁄3 | " | " | " | " |
| A crane | " | 1⁄81⁄32 | " | 31⁄3 | " | " | " | " |
| A set-duck | " | 1⁄321⁄64 | " | 1 | " | " | " | " |
| A ser—goose | " | 1⁄64 | " | 3 | " | " | " | " |
| A dove | " | 3 | " | " | " | " | ||
| A quail | " | 3 | " | " | " | " |
In regard to the identification of these birds see Peet, page 126.
Problem 84
Estimate the feed of a stall of oxen.
| ...food common | . . . food | ||||
| 4 fine Upper Egyptian bulls eat | 24 | hekat | 2 | hekat | |
| 2 fine Upper Egyptian bulls eat | 22 | " | 6 | " | |
| 3common . . . cattle eat | 20 | " | 2 | " | |
| 1 . . . ox | 20 | " | |||
| Total of this feed | 86 | " | 10 | " | |
| It makes in spelt | 9 | " | 71⁄2 | " | |
| It makes for 10 days | 1⁄21⁄4 | of 100 hekat | 1⁄21⁄4 | of 100 hekat | |
| . | 15 hekeat | ||||
| It makes for a month | 200 | hekat | 1⁄21⁄4 | 100 hekat | |
| 15 | hekat | ||||
| It makes in double hekat | 1⁄2 | of 100 hekat | 1⁄4 | of 100 hekat | |
| 111⁄21⁄8 | hekat | 5 | 'hekat | ||
| 3 | ro |
Eisenlohr gave the numbers 85, 86, and 87 to certain fragments that are not a part of the mathematical work of the papyrus, but are of interest, although incomplete and more or less unintelligible. As they cannot in any sense be called problems I will use the word "Number" when referring to them, but will give them these numbers, as does Eisenlohr, in continuation of the numbering of the problems.[1]
- ↑ Strictly Number 87 should be numbered before Number 86, which is at the very end of the papyrus. See Diagram in the second volume.
