Establishing value : weight measures in early Mesopotamia

1. Verfasser: Bartash, Vitali , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019].
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (xviii, 270 pages).
Schriftenreihe: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; 23.
Schlagworte:
Weights and measures > History.
Weights and measures, Ancient.
Cuneiform Tablets, Metrology, Weights and Measures.
Gewichte und Maße.
Keilschrifttafeln.
Metrologie.
RELIGION / Ancient.
Electronic books.
Parallelausgabe: Establishing value : weight measures in early Mesopotamia., Bartash, Vitali. (Print version:) | ISSN: 9781501517143
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Approaching the topic
  • 2. From burden to talent
  • 3. Mina: The cosmopolite
  • 4. Shekel: A tiny axe
  • 5. The missing link: NINDA2 × ŠE+N
  • 6. Reforms and new measures
  • 7. Stone weights
  • 8. Weighing scales
  • 9. Weighmasters and the context of weighing
  • 10. Weighed goods
  • A retrospect
  • Bibliography
  • General index: subjects, names, places, authors
  • Signs and Sumerian words
  • Akkadian words
  • Cuneiform texts

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