Notes on Mathematical and Mensurational Papyri

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Background: Hybrid mensurational and physiological models seek to combine precision, process explanation, simplicity in parameter definition, and ability to estimate wood products. The aim of this study was to assess the suitability and the advantages of the hybrid mensurational-physiological approach where time has been substituted for light sums in growth equations, to replace traditional time-based models in forecasting systems for Eucalyptus grandis W.Hill and Pinus taeda L. Methods: Using 974 permanent sample plots from plantations in Uruguay, we adjusted growth equations to project dominant height, net basal area, maximum diameter breast height, and standard deviation of diameters as a function of accumulated light restricted by modifiers that account for principal physiological limitations on photosynthesis. We analysed: i) the inclusion of terrain aspect and slope information for computing radiation; ii) the use of modifiers for temperature, vapour pressure deficit and water...

Pylon , 2022

Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality (JAAUTH) (Print), 2022

Oracles were commonly used in ancient Egypt. It was a significant aspect of ancient Egyptian society. Royals and non-royals approached gods in the form of a statue carried on the shoulders of priests during festivals seeking the god's decision in all sort of issues. Royals asked divine approval or advice in a major decision whether for political reason, military or trade campaigns. High and minor officials consulted gods for matters related to their promotion, while ordinary people for property disputes, thefts, locating missing items, and others. There were certain gods, deified kings and queens, deified non-royals who were related with oracles. According to texts, the most famous were the Theban triad; Amun, Mut and Khonsu, sacred bulls, rare aspects of Horus, deified king Amenhotep I, Ahmose Nefertari and non-royals like Imhotep and Amenhotep son of Hapu. This study aims at investigating gods related to oracles in ancient Egypt, when and where they received the oracles. The paper starts with a historical background on oracles in ancient Egypt then it analyzes gods and places related, and hieroglyphic terms used to describe this action. The study ends with a main conclusion.

In Ola el-Aguizy & Burt Kasparian (eds.), Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists ICE XII, 3rd–8th November 2019, Cairo, Egypt, Bibliothèque générale 71, Cairo (Institut français d’archéologie orientale), pp. 753–760. , 2023

This ostracon previously belonged to the collection of the Bodleian library, then all Bodleian ostraca were sent to the Ashmolean Museum, whereas the papyri remained in the Bodleian library (information kindly provided by Dr. Helen Whitehouse, formerly in charge of the Department of Antiquities of the Ashmolean Museum). 2. The paleographical features of the text, the thin pointed script resulted from using the Greek reed pen, suggest decisively the Roman period as a possible date for this ostracon: Depauw 1997, p. 26.

Harvard Egyptological Studies. Leiden: Brill, 2022

This paper examines three quotations of The Teaching of Amenemhat in the forecourt of Temple T at Kawa, investigating what they suggest about the transmission and reception of the poem in 25th-Dynasty Kush. First, I examine the inscriptions, which quote from Amenemhat’s §12c (dj.n.j jry{.j} sttjw Smt Tzmw “I made {I} the shooters do the dog-walk”), and contextualize them within the forecourt’s decorative program. Next, the paper analyzes the textual modifications the inscriptions’ author(s) made to the verse when adapting it from a scribal to a monumental context. Finally, the paper discusses the reception of the poem in the context of the circulation of Middle Egyptian literature in Nubia. The paper concludes with preliminary remarks about why the author(s) of the inscriptions, including Taharqo, chose to quote from Amenemhat, as well as how the quotations were experienced by visitors to the temple forecourt.