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Urartian measures of volume / Margaret Payne.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks Folio QC89.A75 P39 2005
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Penn Museum Library QC89.A75 P39 2005
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, Margaret, 1951-
- Series:
- Ancient Near Eastern studies. Supplement ; 16.
- Ancient Near Eastern studies. Supplement ; 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Volume (Cubic content).
- Weights and measures--Armenia.
- Weights and measures.
- Weights and measures, Ancient.
- Armenia.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 387 pages : illustrations, map ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Louvain ; Dudley, MA : Peeters, 2005.
- Summary:
- Urartians recorded the volumes of jugs, jars and storerooms, using a variety of symbols and words. In this book, mathematical and statistical models, both geometric and digital, are examined for evaluating the ratio of the different measures of volume to each other and for finding absolute values for these measures. The presence of full mathematical calculations allows for controls to be made and removes the faith element from this branch of Urartian studies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [95]-106).
- ISBN:
- 9042914831
- OCLC:
- 55068101
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