Mathematical Aspects of Earth-Moving Linked to Hydraulic Works in Ur III Umma

0504585 - OÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Alivernini, Sergio
Mathematical Aspects of Earth-Moving Linked to Hydraulic Works in Ur III Umma.
Iraq. Roč. 80, December (2018), s. 15-34. ISSN 0021-0889
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : earthwork projects * Ur III
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/mathematical-aspects-of-earthmoving-linked-to-hydraulic-works-in-ur-iii-umma/1B2CC2BB1CCE6E69EB43A479EB24BE52

This paper studies mathematical aspects of earthwork projects in the Ur III city of Umma, c.2053–2032 b.c. The main purpose of this paper is to describe the practical procedures involved in moving earth for hydraulic works around Umma. It also shows how Old Babylonian pedagogical “mathematical texts” about earthworks, from the early second millennium b.c., are indebted to the practical procedures adopted by Ur III officials
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0297980