The making of a scribe. Errors, mistakes and rounding numbers in the Old Babylonian kingdom of Larsa
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Publication:2278321
DOI10.1007/978-3-030-35951-5zbMath1432.01005OpenAlexW4244431399MaRDI QIDQ2278321
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
Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) History in mathematics education (97A30)
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