Square Root of Two Cuneiform, c. 1700 BCE

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Square Root of Two Cuneiform

This cuneiform shows the square root of two computed to three places in the base 60 system used in “Babylonian” mathematics. Circa 1700 BC. From the Yale Babylonian Collection (YB7289).