Artificial language in ancient Mesopotamia -- a dubious and a less dubious case

DOI10.1007/s10781-005-8169-4zbMath1376.01004OpenAlexW2102812717WikidataQ102092943 ScholiaQ102092943MaRDI QIDQ509756

Jens Høyrup

Publication date: 17 February 2017

Published in: Journal of Indian Philosophy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://rucforsk.ruc.dk/ws/files/4335941/3_2002-3_Jens.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Babylonian mathematicsartificial languagecuneiform writing systemsymbolic algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) Language of mathematics (educational aspects) (97E40)

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