Mathematical Tablets from Tell Harmal
This work offers a re-edition of twelve mathematical tablets from the site of Tell Harmal, in the borders of present-day Baghdad. In ancient times, Tell Harmal was Šaduppûm, a city representative of the region of the Diyala river and of the kingdom of Ešnunna, to which it belonged for a time. These...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The Site of Tell Harmal and the Archaeological Record
- 2. A Few Remarks About Old Babylonian Mathematics
- 3. Conventions
- 4. Mathematical Tablets
- 5. On Old Babylonian Mathematics and its History
- 6. General Vocabulary
- References