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Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
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Key facts
- Date
- Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
- Place of origin
- Thebes, Egypt
- Language
- Egyptian ( Hieratic )
- Scribe
- Ahmes
- Material
- Papyrus
- Size
- First section ( BM 10057 ): Length: 295.5 cm (116.3 in) Width: 32 cm (13 in) Second section ( BM 10058 ): Length: 199.5 cm (78.5 in) Width: 32 cm (13 in)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP; also designated as papyrus British Museum 10057, pBM 10058, and Brooklyn Museum 37.1784Ea-b) is one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics.
It is one of two well-known mathematical papyri, along with the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus. The Rhind Papyrus is the larger, but younger, of the two.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhind Mathematical Papyrus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.