(each of which is 100 cubits long). They omit the statement that the cubit in question is of 7½ palms (the Royal cubit being of 7 palms), and also the interesting mention of the
“balance (or measurement) of the earth.” The relation of this ‘balance’ to the rest of the sentence is not clear, because the MSS. differ as to the preposition which precedes.
The Papyrus of Nebseni gives the hill 300 cubits in breadth. The Todtenbuch of Turin reads 370
in length, and 140 cubits in breadth.
[4.] The serpent’s name is not mentioned in chapter 111, nor is it in the earliest text. But in chapter 149 the usual name is
