Mathematical tablets from Tell Harmal
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Mathematical tablets from Tell Harmal
zbMATH Open document ID: 1334.01001
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22524-1
published in: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
publication date: 2015-09-14T00:00:00Z
review text: After a series of editions of mathematical cuneiform texts by \textit{F. Thureau-Dangin} [Textes mathématiques Babyloniens. Transcrits et traduits. Leiden: E. J. Brill (1938; JFM 64.0007.01); Textes mathématiques Babyloniens. Leiden: Brill (1938; Zbl 0022.09703)], \textit{O. Neugebauer} [Mathematische Keilschrift-Texte. I, II. Berlin: Julius Springer (1935; Zbl 0012.09701; JFM 61.0008.05); Mathematische Keilschrift-Texte. III: Ergänzungsheft. Berlin: Julius Springer (1937; Zbl 0012.09701; JFM 63.0006.01); Mathematische Keilschrift-Texte. Mathematical cuneiform texts. Edition with translation and commentary in German. Teil I, II und III. Reprint. Berlin etc.: Springer-Verlag (1973; Zbl 0255.01001)], \textit{E. M. Bruins} and \textit{M. Rutten} [Textes mathématiques de Suse. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner (1961; Zbl 0101.00403)] there have been several modern editions, in particular by \textit{J. Friberg} [A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts. Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection: Cuneiform Texts I. New York, NY: Springer (2007; Zbl 1125.01001)] and \textit{C. Proust} [Tablettes mathématiques de Nippur. Paris: De Boccard; Beyoğlu-Istanbul: Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes Georges Dumézil (2007; Zbl 1204.01004); Tablettes mathématiques de la collection Hilprecht. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag (2008; Zbl 1166.01004)]. This book presents the content of 12 mathematical tablets from the site of Tell Harmal dating back to the Old Babylonian era. These tablets have already been published in the 1950s by Taha Baqir, but the progress in understanding Babylonian mathematics due to recent publications e.g. by \textit{J. Høyrup} [Lengths, widths, surfaces. A portrait of old Babylonian algebra and its kin. New York, NY: Springer (2002; Zbl 0999.01001); L'algèbre au temps de Babylone. Quand les mathématiques s'écrivaient sur de l'argile. Inflexions. Paris: Vuibert/Adapt-SNES (2010; Zbl 1326.01006)] made it desirable to take a new look at th…
reviewed by: Franz Lemmermeyer
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01-00
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A17
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A75
zbMATH DE Number: 6482023
zbMATH Keywords: Babylonian mathematics
zbMATH Keywords: cuneiform
zbMATH Keywords: sexagesimal system
author: Carlos H. B. Gonçalves
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22524-1
OpenAlex ID: W2335930762
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6482023