Algebra in Cuneiform

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Introduction to an Old Babylonian Geometrical Technique

Author(s): Jens Høyrup
Series: Textbooks 2
Edition: Edition open access
Year: 2017

Language: English
Pages: 166
City: Berlin
Tags: Cuneiform, Algebra, Babylon

Preface......Page 15
“Useless mathematics”......Page 17
The First Algebra and the First Interpretation......Page 19
A New Reading......Page 26
Concerning the Texts and the Translations......Page 33
TMS XVI #1......Page 37
TMS VII #2......Page 44
BM 13901 #1......Page 49
BM 13901 #2......Page 53
YBC 6967......Page 55
BM 13901 #10......Page 58
BM 13901 #14......Page 59
TMS IX #1 and #2......Page 64
TMS IX #3......Page 67
AO 8862 #2......Page 70
VAT 7532......Page 75
TMS XIII......Page 80
BM 13901 #12......Page 83
BM 13901 #23......Page 85
TMS VIII #1......Page 87
YBC 6504 #4......Page 89
VAT 8512......Page 93
BM 85200 + VAT 6599 #6......Page 99
BM 15285 #24......Page 103
Drawings?......Page 105
Algebra?......Page 107
The Scribe School......Page 111
The First Purpose: Training Numerical Calculation......Page 112
The Second Purpose: Professional Pride......Page 113
The Origin: Surveyors’ Riddles......Page 115
The Heritage......Page 120
A Moral......Page 125
TMS XVI #2......Page 127
VAT 8389 #1......Page 128
VAT 8390 #1......Page 131
VAT 8520 #1......Page 132
Str 368......Page 133
YBC 6504 #1......Page 134
YBC 6504 #3......Page 135
Db2–146......Page 136
Key to Vocabulary and Standard Translations......Page 139
AO 8862 #2......Page 143
BM 13901 #1, #2, #10, #12, #14 and #23......Page 144
BM 85200+VAT 6599 #6 and #23......Page 146
Db2–146......Page 147
TMS VII #1 and #2......Page 148
TMS IX #1, #2 and #3......Page 149
TMS XVI #1......Page 151
VAT 8389 #1......Page 152
VAT 8390 #1......Page 154
VAT 8512......Page 155
YBC 6504......Page 156
YBC 6967......Page 158
Bibliographical Note......Page 159