Position in chronology
A History Of Mathematical Notations Vol I - Mathematical cuneiform tablet, CBS 8536, in the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Fig. 4.—Mathematical cuneiform tablet, CBS 8536, in the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.
Attribution
Image: Florian Cajori — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:A History Of Mathematical Notations Vol I - Mathematical cuneiform tablet, CBS 8536, in the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.png. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_History_Of_Mathematical_Notations_Vol_I_-_Mathematical_cuneiform_tablet%2C_CBS_8536%2C_in_the_Museum_of_the_University_of_Pennsylvania.png. Description: Fig. 4.—Mathematical cuneiform tablet, CBS 8536, in the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania..
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