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A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical TextsNeo-Sumerian Field Plan Texts (Ur III)

A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts: Neo-Sumerian Field Plan Texts (Ur III) 1 1 4 2' 4' b e i i i 1 1 4' e i i 5 1 2' 4' b e i i a$a $à temen 5.1. MS 1984. A Field Plan Text from Umma with a Summary on the Reverse MS 1984 (Fig. 5.1 below) is a square clay tablet with rounded corners, inscribed on the obverse with a detailed field plan and on the reverse with a brief summary. obv. 1˚ 2˚ 3 2' 1 4' i i a$.ki 1˚ 5˚ rev. a$a bar B 1 5 2' 4' b i i i T – Z 3 1 5 4' b e i i 1 2 a$a ki.zi b e Z a. $à a.bù.inim.ma.an 3 cm Fig. 5.1. MS 1984. A field plan text, probably from Umma. The field outlined on the obverse of MS 1984 has an irregular, relatively complicated shape. The computa- tion of its area is carried out in a roundabout way that would have been difficult to reconstruct without the help of the inscription on the reverse. As it turns out, the irregular field, apparently named a.$à a.bù inim.ma.an, is partly overlapping a field of a more regular, trapezoidal shape called the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical TextsNeo-Sumerian Field Plan Texts (Ur III)

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Springer New York
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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007
ISBN
978-0-387-34543-7
Pages
137 –146
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-48977-3_5
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1 1 4 2' 4' b e i i i 1 1 4' e i i 5 1 2' 4' b e i i a$a $à temen 5.1. MS 1984. A Field Plan Text from Umma with a Summary on the Reverse MS 1984 (Fig. 5.1 below) is a square clay tablet with rounded corners, inscribed on the obverse with a detailed field plan and on the reverse with a brief summary. obv. 1˚ 2˚ 3 2' 1 4' i i a$.ki 1˚ 5˚ rev. a$a bar B 1 5 2' 4' b i i i T – Z 3 1 5 4' b e i i 1 2 a$a ki.zi b e Z a. $à a.bù.inim.ma.an 3 cm Fig. 5.1. MS 1984. A field plan text, probably from Umma. The field outlined on the obverse of MS 1984 has an irregular, relatively complicated shape. The computa- tion of its area is carried out in a roundabout way that would have been difficult to reconstruct without the help of the inscription on the reverse. As it turns out, the irregular field, apparently named a.$à a.bù inim.ma.an, is partly overlapping a field of a more regular, trapezoidal shape called the

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: Round Number; Parallel Side; Rounded Corner; Field Plan; Parallel Stripe

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