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Title Fraction tables
Principal Edition 95686. Evert M. Bruins, "On ancient mathematical terminology," Janus, 70 (1983), pp. 97-108. 107-108
Reference Edition 10813. Hermann Harrauer and Pieter J. Sijpesteijn, Neue Texte aus dem antiken Unterricht, (Vienna 1985). 170
Catalog(s) MP3 02312.330
Fragments Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 41264
Support Material papyrus
Support Dimensions 5cm wide x 8cm high
Date 600 - 699
More from the period between 600 CE and 699 CE
Origin Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus sheet (columns: 0, pagination: 0)
Script Type cursive
Genre mathematics; fractions
Culture science; education
General Notes The arithmetic operation applied on this papyrus is a division by the divisor 4.8. According to the ed. pr., this table might have been used to calculate volumes for woodworking.
Images data.onb.ac.at/.../RZ00004163
Print Illustrations MPER 15 pl. 78
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

Trismegistos: 65385 [source]

Publications P. Rainer Unterricht (MPER N.S. 15) 170 (1985)
Inv. no. Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 41264
Date AD 600 - 699
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt[found & written]

Introduction

This papyrus has been digitally edited by Marcel Moser and revised by Holger Essler as part of the teaching in papyrology at Würzburg.

DCLP transcription: 65385 [xml]

π ιϛ𐅷
ϙ ιη𐅵δ´
ρ κ𐅵γ´

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