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Rhind Mathematical Papyrus : detail (recto, left part of the first section British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, EA10057)

Acquired by the Scottish lawyer A.H. Rhind during his sojourn in Thebes in the 1850s. length: 295.5 cm, width: 32 cm (whole section EA10057)

A second section is kept in the British Museum (EA 10058 length: 199.5 cm, same width)

Fragments of a small intermediate section (18 cm length) are kept in the Brooklyn Museum
Date during 1650 b.C. (sources: sapere.it (archivo), britannica.com (archive - Encyclopædia Britannica))
Source Ahmes (scribe), http://www.archaeowiki.org/Image:Rhind_Mathematical_Papyrus.jpg (https://www.britishmuseum.org/, British Museum)
Author unknown (c. 2000 B.C)

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current19:53, 14 August 2018Thumbnail for version as of 19:53, 14 August 2018750 × 449 (139 KB)Habitator terrae (talk | contribs)higher resolution
22:02, 4 June 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:02, 4 June 2009578 × 363 (59 KB)Tedmek (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Rhind Mathematical Papyrus Thebes, End of the Second Intermediate Period Acquired by the Scottish lawyer A.H. Rhind during his sojourn in Thebes in the 1850s. Overall length 319 cm, width: 34.3 cm Frame length: 216 cm, width

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