Ancient Times Tables Written on Wood Found in Western Japan

Jiji Press ^ | July 27, 2022 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

The Kyoto Prefecture Research Center for Archaeological Properties has announced the discovery of a strip of wood from the eighth century with 35 individual multiplications written on it.

The wood strip, unearthed at the Tsuruo archeological site in the city of Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is 219 millimeters long, 49 millimeters wide and 6 millimeters thick.

As the site had a public office at the time, the research center believes that civil servants who worked there used the strip of wood to speed up tax collection work.

The front of the strip shows the eight and nine times tables written in ink, while the back side has the five to seven times tables. The center determined that the wood strip was from the Nara period from pottery found nearby.

Around 80 strips of wood dating back to ancient to medieval times with multiplication tables written on them have been found in Japan so far.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

[Wilhelm Tell]

Someone lost their homework!

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Ah, the venerable beads.

[Mount Athos]

bad link

[Scrambler Bob]

We have been blaming the Europeans for that oppressive math.

Maybe it is the Japanese?

[HYPOCRACY]

Our tax force only uses subtraction.

[ExGeeEye]

TTIWWP

[Tacrolimus1mg]

I thought it was the Muslims?

No, seriously. Don’t we use their numerals?

[null and void]

We call the numbering system the Indians invented “Arabic” numbers because they were conveyed to Europe through the Middle East.

[KarlInOhio]

Ah, teacher-san, termites have eaten my homework.

[Honest Nigerian]

To re-write the Capital One commercials: “What’s in your junkpile?”

[Red Badger]

Ancient crib notes!...........................

[nwrep]

Eighth century is not ancient. Japan simply is not as old as the European and Middle/Near Eastern civilizations.

[MayflowerMadam]

Were they little flash cards carved in peeled bark?

[Scrambler Bob]

No, seriously. Don’t we use their numerals?
= = =

Yes.

But 2+2=5 because 2+2=4 is white European supremacy in today’s math classes.

I guess the Europeans enslaved the Arabic numerals then. That makes it even worse.

[blam]

"We have been blaming the Europeans for that oppressive math."

It's the White math that is racist.

[SunkenCiv]

lol