Ahmes (1659–1619 BCE)

Born 1659 BCE, died 1619 BCE.

Ahmes (Ancient Egyptian: jꜥḥ-ms “, a common Egyptian name also transliterated Ahmose; fl. c. 1550 BC) was an ancient Egyptian scribe who lived towards the end of the 15th Dynasty (and of the Second Intermediate Period) and the beginning of the 18th Dynasty (and of the New Kingdom). He transcribed the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, a work of ancient Egyptian mathematics that dates to around 1550 BC. he is the earliest contributor to mathematics whose name is known. Ahmes claimed not to be the writer of the work but rather just the scribe. He claimed the material came from an even older document from around 2000 BC.

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