Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Clarence Elwood Keiser
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Benjamin R. Foster
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Published: 2020-03-01
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 1948488272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume publishes hand copies of 292 cuneiform texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection dating to the Sargonic and Pre-Sargonic periods. It continues publication of the Pre-Ur III texts begun by George Hackman and Ferris Stephens in the series Babylonian lnscriptions in the Collection of J. B. Nies, volume 8. The tablet copies presented here include accounts and records from Isin, Nippur, Shuruppak, Umma, Zabala, Girsu, Umma, Lagash, Eshnunna, and Kish, as well as the Mesag archive.
Author: Vitali Bartash
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-06-04
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1501510320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2,000 BCE). The vast corpus of cuneiform records from this period sheds light on the various mechanisms behind the development of this cultural innovation. Weighing became the means of articulating the value of both imported and locally-produced goods within a socioeconomic system that had reached an unprecedented level of complexity. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of this cultural and economic phenomenon, which simultaneously reflected and shaped the relationships between individuals and groups in Mesopotamia throughout the third millennium BCE.
Author: Richard A. Parker
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2007-05-23
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 1556354533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marten Stol
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-08-14
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9004672206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: W. F. Leemans
Publisher: Brill Archive
Published: 1950
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eleanor Robson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2020-06-30
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 0691201404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis monumental book traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East, from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned. Eleanor Robson offers a history like no other, examining ancient mathematics within its broader social, political, economic, and religious contexts, and showing that mathematics was not just an abstract discipline for elites but a key component in ordering society and understanding the world. The region of modern-day Iraq is uniquely rich in evidence for ancient mathematics because its prehistoric inhabitants wrote on clay tablets, many hundreds of thousands of which have been archaeologically excavated, deciphered, and translated. Drawing from these and a wealth of other textual and archaeological evidence, Robson gives an extraordinarily detailed picture of how mathematical ideas and practices were conceived, used, and taught during this period. She challenges the prevailing view that they were merely the simplistic precursors of classical Greek mathematics, and explains how the prevailing view came to be. Robson reveals the true sophistication and beauty of ancient Middle Eastern mathematics as it evolved over three thousand years, from the earliest beginnings of recorded accounting to complex mathematical astronomy. Every chapter provides detailed information on sources, and the book includes an appendix on all mathematical cuneiform tablets published before 2007.
Author: Catherine Breniquet
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2014-07-31
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1782976329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the Ancient Near East covers a huge chronological frame, from the first pictographic texts of the late 4th millennium to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. During these millennia, different societies developed in a changing landscape where sheep (and their wool) always played an important economic role. The 22 papers presented here explore the place of wool in the ancient economy of the region, where large-scale textile production began during the second half of the 3rd millennium. By placing emphasis on the development of multi-disciplinary methodologies, experimentation and use of archaeological evidence combined with ancient textual sources, the wide-ranging contributions explore a number of key themes. These include: the first uses of wool in textile manufacture and organization of weaving; trade and exchange; the role of wool in institutionalized economies; and the reconstruction of the processes that led to this first form of industry in Antiquity. The numerous archaeological and written sources provide an enormous amount of data on wool, textile crafts, and clothing and these inter-disciplinary studies are beginning to present a comprehensive picture of the economic and cultural impact of woollen textiles and textile manufacturing on formative ancient societies.
Author: Henry F. Lutz
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2005-09-14
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 1597523690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe intention of Ancient Texts and Translations (ATT) is to make available a variety of ancient documents and document collections to a broad range of readers. The series will include reprints of long out-of- print volumes, revisions of earlier editions, and completely new volumes. The understanding of ancient societies depends upon our close reading of the documents, however fragmentary, that have survived. --K. C. Hanson Series Editor