Image: Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
Description: Rhind Mathematical Papyrus : detail (recto, left part of the first section) Thebes, End of the Second Intermediate Period (c.1550 BC) Acquired by the Scottish lawyer A.H. Rhind during his sojourn in Thebes in the 1850s. length: 199.5 cm, width: 32 cm (for EA 10058 section) British Museum EA 10058 Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan A second section is kept in the British Museum (EA 10057, length : 295.5 cm, same width) Fragments of a small intermediate section (18 cm length) are kept in the Brooklyn Museum
Title: Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
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Author: Paul James Cowie (Pjamescowie)
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