In this memo, I will address the productivity of Sihathor and Pemsah’s farms, and assess the relationship between the measurements, phenomena and attributes of interest, as they relate to the Pharaoh’s lands. I will then analyze whose field was more profitable, looking at each noble’s year end corn production relative to how many sacks of corn you loaned to the nobles and the net income of corn when compared to the year-end corn production. We will then recommend the more profitable noble as the best choice for your future farming investments.
SIHATHOR’S PRODUCTION Pharaoh Amenhotep provided Sihathor with 20,000 arura west of the Nile River, and 10,000 sacks of corn to plant. After accounting for taxes and operating expenses, Sihathor’s fields yielded 19,048 sacks of corn; before these expenditures, Sihathor had 50,200 sacks of corn. The number of sacks of corn was the measurement of interest. A measurement assigns numerals to represent the magnitude of an attribute of the phenomenon. The phenomenon in the affairs of state was Sihathor’s and Pemsah’s fields; these are the object being measured. The attribute, the characteristic of the phenomenon being measured, that you are interested in is the profitability of the nobles’ fields. To make note of, Sihathor’s expenses included 12,500 sacks of corn to remodel his palace.
PEMSAH’S PRODUCTION Pharaoh Amenhotep gave Pemsah 7,000 sacks of corn to plant and 15,000 arura east of the Nile River. Pemsah’s fields produced 34,300 sacks of corn by the end of the year, and after taxes and expenses, he was left with 13,557 sacks. The phenomenon, measurement, and attribute of interest are all the same here as they were in Sihathor’s production.
CONCLUSION:
Sihathor was given 10,000 sacks of corn to plant, and his fields produced 50,200 sacks of corn; for every one sack planted, 5.02 sacks were produced. On the other hand, Pemsah was given 7,000 sacks to plant and his fields yielded 34,300 (4.9 sacks were produced for every one planted). However, this measurement should not be used to compare the farms’ profitability. This is because the land west of the Nile River, the land Sihathor was given, was more fertile than Pemsah’s property. Rather, measurement of profitability should be based on the net income of the field divided by total corn production.