The making of a scribe. Errors, mistakes and rounding numbers in the Old Babylonian kingdom of Larsa

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-35951-5zbMATH Open1432.01005OpenAlexW4244431399MaRDI QIDQ2278321FDOQ2278321

Robert Middeke-Conlin

Publication date: 4 December 2019

Published in: Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35951-5

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History in mathematics education (97A30)

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