Quote: early representation of division with remainder; tablet from 2650 BCE

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The tablet shown in Figure 12.1 is from … its complete decipherment according to A. Deimel's Sumerisches … The tablet is divided into two columns, each … The literal translation of this column is: "1 … box of the right-hand column, we can recognize … and in the box below a succession of … Thus this distribution involved the division of 1,152,000 … sila [ with 3 left over].   Google-1   Google-2

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