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
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
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