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The Salamis Tablet

Mathematics / Abacuses. The Salamis tablet. (Small stones were used with the linear markings to carry out mathematical sums; precursor of the abacus). Greek, c. 300 BC. Marble, 150 × 75 x 4.5cm. Found 1899 in Salamis. Epigraphic Museum, Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
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The Salamis Tablet
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Mathematics / Abacuses. The Salamis tablet. (Small stones were used with the linear markings to carry out mathematical sums; precursor of the abacus). Greek, c. 300 BC. Marble, 150 × 75 x 4.5cm. Found 1899 in Salamis. Epigraphic Museum, Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
Museum:
Athens, National Archaeological Museum
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Album / akg-images / jh-Lightbox_Ltd. / John Hios
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4961 x 2918 px | 41.4 MB
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42.0 x 24.7 cm | 16.5 x 9.7 in (300 dpi)
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1ST MILLENNIUM B. C. • 3RD BCE • 3RD CENTURY B. C. • 3RD CENTURY B.C. • 3RD CENTURY BC • 4TH BCE • 4TH CENTURY B. C. • 4TH CENTURY BC • ABACUS • ABACUS, MATHEMATICS • ANCIENT WORLD • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ATHENS • ATHENS, NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM • CALCULATING • COMPUTER SCIENCE = INFORMATICS • COMPUTER SCIENCE • COMPUTING • FIGURING • FOURTH CENTURY B. C • FOURTH CENTURY B. C. • FOURTH CENTURY BC • GREECE • INFORMATICS • JOHN HIOS • MARBLE • MARBRE • MATHEMATICS • MATHEMATICS, ABACUS • SALAMIS