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

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SYSNO ASEP	0504585
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Ostatní články
Title	Mathematical Aspects of Earth-Moving Linked to Hydraulic Works in Ur III Umma
Author(s)	Alivernini, Sergio (OU-W)_{ORCID, SAI}
Source Title	Iraq. - : Cambridge University Press - ISSN 0021-0889 Roč. 80, December (2018), s. 15-34
Number of pages	20 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	earthwork projects ; Ur III
Subject RIV	AB - History
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
Institutional support	OU-W - RVO:68378009
DOI	10.1017/irq.2018.8
Annotation	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
Workplace	Oriental Institute
Contact	Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950
Year of Publishing	2020
Electronic address	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/mathematical-aspects-of-earthmoving-linked-to-hydraulic-works-in-ur-iii-umma/1B2CC2BB1CCE6E69EB43A479EB24BE52

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