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Seked
December 16, 2012
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If a pyramid is 250 cubits high and the side of its base 360 cubits long, what is its seked?
Take half of 360; it makes 180. Multiply 250 so as to get 180; it makes
of a cubit. A cubit is 7 palms. Multiply 7 by
The seked is
palms [that is,
].
A’h-mose. The Rhind Papyrus. 33 AD
The image above presents one of the problems included in the Rhind Papyrus, written by the scribe Ahmes (A’h-mose) circa 33 AD. This is a description of all the hieroglyphs, as translated by August Eisenlohr:
The question for the reader, after going carefully over the English translation is: What does seked mean?
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