YBC 7289: the square root of 2

c. 1800–1600 BC · Babylon

YBC 7289: the square root of 2, from Babylonia, dated c. 1800–1600 BC. Today it is kept at the Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven.

Date

c. 1800–1600 BC

Civilization

Babylon

Where it is today

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven

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