[16]. See Professor Sayce, in Petrie’s Hawara, Biahmu and Arsinoe, p. 29.

[17]. See above, p. [22], note 1.

[18]. Compare 1 Kings xxi, 8, and Esther iii, 10-12.

[19]. P.S.B.A., XIV, 436, and XV, 307.

[20]. Gurob Papyri, in Griffith’s Kahun Papyri, XXXIX, 1, 6.

[21]. Ridgeway, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. VIII, p. 158, and Vol. IX, p. 30 et seq.

[22]. Cf. Mommsen, Hist. of Rome (English edition), Vol. I, p. 203.

[23]. The ox being par excellence the pecus of Italy.

[24]. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, entry No. 67.

[25]. Cf. “Sealing with the Signet of the King,” Daniel vi, 17; Esther iii, 12; viii, 8, 10; 1 Kings, xxi, 8.