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THE Saqqara graph, drawn on an ostrakon, has been described by Gunn1 and discussed by Clarke and Engelbach2. Jarrett Bell3 has suggested that ordinates of the dimensions written on the ostrakon can be obtained by drawing, in a quadrant of a circle of radius 9 cubits 1 finger (253 fingers), a line parallel to the base and 155 fingers from it, and on this line erecting ordinates spaced 40 fingers apart. (The length of this base line is thus 200 fingers.) His results are tabulated thus:
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WILLIAMSON, R. The Saqqara Graph: its Geometrical and Architectural Significance. Nature 150, 460–461 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150460a0
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