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C = Cuneiform (Akkadian/Babylonian/Elamite/Persian/Sumerian/Ugaritic...)

D = Demotic (Late Egyptian Script)

E = Excerpt scanned from text

G = Guide to images content and links

H = Hieratic (Ancient Middle Egyptian Script)

K = Greek/Milesian (Ancient) and Linear A [probably Greek-ish]

M = Mesoamerican (Aztec/Mayan/Mixtec/Olmec/Toltec...)

N = Notes from my studies/archive

O = Old website from AOL; new version for this domain

R = Relevant link to website by others

S = Source image link

V = Other cursives (Arabic; Farsi; Hebrew...)

T = Translation or transcription

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KEYWORD	IMAGES and ANALYSIS

ABU SIR	_	_
accounting papyri	S+H	T					N	G
5th Dynasty [~2500 BCE]; Ancient Egyptian

ACHMIM GREEK	_	_	_	_	_	_
math papyri	S+K	S+K	S+K	S+K	S+K	S+K
~300-800 CE; Greek; unit fractions

ACHMIM HIERATIC images	_	_	_	_	_
ACHMIM HIERATIC analysis	_	_	_	_	_		_	_
math on wood tablets (S+H ALL)	3rds	7ths	10ths	11ths	13ths		MILO	G
~12th Dynasty [~2000 BCE]; Ancient Egyptian; transition period from horus eye to hieratic

AHMES/ RHIND/ RMP	_	_		_	_
math papyri	S+H	H		gO14	R2		N	G
Copied 1585-1542 BCE from an original dated to 1844-1797 BCE; Ancient Egyptian

BAHISTUN/ DARIUS	_	_	_	_	_	_
Achaemenid inscriptions; little/NO MATH	E+C	R	R2	R3	R4	R5
~480 BCE; Old Persian cuneiform alongside Old Elamite and Akkadian; R2-see BJ1979

BERLIN	_	_
math papyri	S+H	T
~late 12-13th Dynasty [1850-1600 BCE]; Ancient Egyptian

BOULAQ/BULAQ papyri	_	_	_	_	_	_
math (content)	S+H	T	S+H	T	S+H	T
~late 18-19th Dynasty?; Ancient Egyptian

BRUCE	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
HOT math links	INF	FER	Milo	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5
BRUCE again	_	_	_	_	_	_
HOT math links	O6	O7	O8	O9	O10	R
MODERN AND ANCIENT MATH

CARLSBERG papyri	_	_
math (content); astronomical	S+D	R
Late period Egyptian [Greco-Roman] papyrus

CUBIT	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
math (content)	S	S+N	S+N	S+N	R1	R2	R3
Various items [1500 BCE - 500 CE]; origins and functions and inscriptions obscure

DRESDEN CODEX	_	_	_	_	_	_		_
math (content); astronomical	R1M	R2M	R3M	R4M	R5M	G24		G71
Post Classical Mayan Calendar with Great Year; Venus ; lunar eclipses

EMLR	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
math leather roll fragment	S+H	H	R	O1	O2	O3	O5
prior to 18th Dynasty [~1650 BCE]; Ancient Egyptian

EUCLID Elements	_							_
math (content); Greek geometer	V							G
~300 BCE; EUCLID of Alexandria; AKA Eukleides;

FARA TABLETS	_	_	_	_
math (content); metrology	E+C	E+C	E	E
before 1500 BCE; Old Babylonian/Sumerian base 60 units

FIBONACCI; LIBER ABBACI	_	_
math (content)	E	E
1202 CE; In the style of an Ancient Egyptian; unit fractions; AKA LEONARDO De PISANO

GILGAMESH letter	_	_
math (content)	E	E
~900-300 BCE; Mesopotamian origins

HIBEH (parapegma i.27) papyrus	_	_	_					_
math (content); calendrical	S+K	G	N					G
~300 BCE; probably by an Ancient Egyptian student learning about Greek calendars

HYPSICLES Anaphorikos	_	_	_	_
math (content); calendrical	E	E	E	N
~250-175 BCE; in the style of an Ancient Babylonian; about Greek calendars

KAHUN	_	_	_	_	_	_
math papyri	S+H	S+H	S+H	O8	O9	O10
~late 12 Dynasty [~1850 BCE]; Ancient Egyptian

KESKINTO inscription	_	_	_	_				_
math (content); astronomical	S+K	E1	E2	E3				G
~150 BCE; Greek; from Rhodes (elliptical planetary orbits and Great year(s) considered?)

KORAN/QURAN	_	_	_	_
math (content)	E	E	E	E
~621-624 CE; Muslim/Semitic holy text

M38 and M39 at Brown University	_	_
[proto-] math tablet	R	R2+S
2035-2028 BCE; Sumerian tax records; Metrology; note: month of God Dumuzi; see SKL NOTES LINK

MOSKAU/MOSCOW	_	_		_				_
math papyri	S+H	R		R				G
13th Dynasty [1783-1640+? BCE]; Ancient Egyptian

NBC 7344; from Yale Baby. Coll.	_
math tablet	R+C
Babylonian; 5 x table on clay tablet

PHAISTOS: stamped disc	_	_	_	_	_	_		_
math content? Personnel list?	S+K	S+K	R1	R2	N	R3		G
~1600 BCE; Ancient Knossos, Crete; Undeciphered Hieroglyphic Linear A [Minoan]

PLIMPTON 322	_	_	_	_
math tablet	S+C	R1	R2	N+C
~1850 BCE; Ancient Mesopotamia; Pitagorean triples!

REISNER	_	_
accounting papyri	S+H	T
~12th Dynasty ~1950 BCE?; Ancient Egyptian

SAQQARA ostracon	_
math (content)	S+H
Old Kingdom; 3rd Dynasty Ancient Egyptian; saddle back roof ordinates

SENENMUT ostracon	_
math (content)	S+H
18th Dynasty [reign of Hatshepsut]; Ancient Egyptian

SKL: The Sumerian Kings List	_	_	_	_
math (content)	R	N	R2	R3+C
~2000-1800 BCE; Sumerian; sexagesimal; one version is the OXFORD PRISM

TALMUD Mishnah Kelim	_	_
math (content); metrology	E	E
Orally from ~1500 BCE; compiled in Mesopotamia ~500 BCE; Jewish/Semitic purification rituals

TORAH Exodus 26; Numbers 35	_	_	_
math (content); metrology	E	E	E
Genesis book/event dated to 3760 BCE?; Jewish/Semitic holy text

TURIN ostraca	_	_
math (content)	S+H	S+H
~20th Dynasty?; Ancient Egyptian

UM 29-15-485; from Univ. of Penn.	_	_	_
math tablet	R+C	N+C	N+C
Old Babylonian; 36 x table on clay tablet

UM 29-15-503; from Univ. of Penn.	_	_	_
math tablet	R+C	N+C	N+C
Old Babylonian; 30 x table on clay tablet

YBC 7289 from Yale Univ.	_	_
math tablet	R+C	N+C
Babylonian; square root of two approximated on clay tablet

YBC 7290 from Yale Univ.	_
math tablet	N+C
Babylonian; correct Area of a trapezoid on clay tablet

YBC 7302u from Yale Univ.	_
math tablet	N+C
Babylonian; Pi equals three! on clay tablet