TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book.

In the Footnotes a reference to a second or third edition of a book is denoted by ² or ³, for example: Schrader, II³.

This book has many Greek words, which should display correctly on most devices. Some other less common characters are also used. These will display on this device as
ð eth character
Þ thorn character
ǫ o with ogonek
ȱ o with dot and macron
å a with ring above
ă a with breve
ā ī ō a, i, o with macron
ǎ č ř š ž a, c, r, s, z with caron

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Some minor changes to the text are noted at the [end of the book.]

SKRIFTER UTGIVNA AV
HUMANISTISKA VETENSKAPSSAMFUNDET I LUND

ACTA SOCIETATIS HUMANIORUM LITTERARUM LUNDENSIS


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MARTIN P. NILSSON

PRIMITIVE TIME-RECKONING