Abstract

The Egyptian Mathematical Leather Roll, (EMLR), was discovered together with the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, (RMP), in the ruins of the Ramesseum at Thebes in 1855. They were acquired by the Scotsman A.H. Rhind in 1858, who later passed them on to the British Museum in 1864. While the RMP was of high and immediate interest to historians, the EMLR, a roll of leather approximately 10 by 18 inches, remained unrolled for more than half a century, owing to its brittle condition. It was finally unrolled in 1927 by Scott & Hall, and found to contain a set of 26 equalities of unit fractions, set down in duplicate.

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