The making of a scribe : errors, mistakes and rounding numbers in the Old Babylonian Kingdom of Larsa /: errors, mistakes and rounding numbers in the Old Babylonian Kingdom of Larsa. (©2020)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The making of a scribe : errors, mistakes and rounding numbers in the Old Babylonian Kingdom of Larsa /: errors, mistakes and rounding numbers in the Old Babylonian Kingdom of Larsa. (©2020)
- Main Title:
- The making of a scribe : errors, mistakes and rounding numbers in the Old Babylonian Kingdom of Larsa
- Further Information:
- Note: Robert Middeke-Conlin.
- Authors:
- Middeke-Conlin, Robert
- Contents:
- Chapter 1.Introduction -- Chapter 2. The early scribal education -- Chapter 3. Text types and archival practices in the kingdom of Larsa -- Chapter 4. Archives, bureaus and management systems of the kingdom of Larsa -- Chapter 5. Metrology and sexagesimal place value notation in economic texts -- Chapter 6. Errors, mistakes and evidence for a counting device -- Chapter 7. Observation and the limits of numeracy. Chapter 8. Multiplication and estimation -- Chapter 9. Rounding in mathematical and economic texts -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: On errors, rounding and education in the kingdom of Larsa.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Copyright Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (497 pages)
- Subjects:
- 510.938
Mathematics, Babylonian
Rounding (Numerical analysis)
Scribes -- Iraq -- Babylonia
Mathematics, Babylonian
Rounding (Numerical analysis)
Scribes
Larsa (Extinct city)
Iraq -- Larsa (Extinct city)
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 3030359514
9783030359515
9783030359522
3030359522
9783030359539
3030359530 - Related ISBNs:
- 3030359506
9783030359508 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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