Clark, Kathleen M. (Author)
Robson, Eleanor (Author)
British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
Volume: 22
Pages: 129--142
Florida State University owns a collection of twenty-five cuneiform tablets, acquired from Edgar J Banks in the 1920s. We describe their rediscovery, present an edition of one of them (a twenty-first century BC labour account from the Sumerian city of Umma), and discuss their potential for use in undergraduate mathematics education.1
...MoreDescription On the collection of 25 cuneiform tablets at Florida State University and their potential for use in undergraduate education.
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