Mathematical and metrological texts

DOI10.2307/1360058MaRDI QIDQ3465246zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors O. Neugebauer, Abraham Sachs

Publication date 21 January 2016

Published in Journal of Cuneiform Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/1360058

zbMATH Keywords

metrologyOld Babylonian periodwriting tablets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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