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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. It dates to the reign of the Hyksos kings Apepi or Apophis and possibly his successor Khamudi. |
| 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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| current | 19:53, 14 August 2018 | | 750 × 449 (139 KB) | Habitator terrae | higher resolution |
| 22:02, 4 June 2009 |  | 578 × 363 (59 KB) | <bdi>Tedmek</bdi> | {{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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