An ancient relation between units of length and volume based on a sphere.
PLoS ONE, 2012 The modern metric system defines units of volume based on the cube. We propose that the ancient Egyptian system of measuring capacity employed a similar concept, but used the sphere instead.
Elena Zapassky +3 more
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Richard S. Ellis, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Mesopotamia. [PDF]
, 1971 Parrot André. Richard S. Ellis, Foundation Deposits in Ancient Mesopotamia.. In: Syria. Tome 48 fascicule 3-4, 1971. pp.
Parrot, André
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A. Leo Oppenheim, Ancient Mesopotamia. Portrait of a Dead Civilization. [PDF]
, 1967 Parrot André. A. Leo Oppenheim, Ancient Mesopotamia. Portrait of a Dead Civilization.. In: Syria. Tome 44 fascicule 3-4, 1967. pp.
Parrot, André
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Criminal wrights in the Ancient East Countrys - Mesopotamia, India [PDF]
, 2009 The Bachelor‘s Paper “The Criminal rights in the Ancient east – Mesopotamia, India” is divided into 3 chapters. In the first chapter named “The rights in archaic society” the rights are looked in historical period before the state was established, when ...
Svirkovskis, Viktors
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA IN ACCOUNTING HISTORY [PDF]
, 1984 The article draws attention to the vast archive of accounting records from ancient Mesopotamia available to historians, and the advances in Assyriology which have taken place since the revival of interest in the origins of recorded history. Understanding
Douglas Garbutt
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Cultural foundations of the concept of straight and undulating line in art
АрхитектонThe concept of two types of lines in plastic arts is discussed. The word ‘concept’ is analyzed, and a definition of the concept of line in art is proposed.
Osmankina Galina Yu.
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Kirves Nergali jaoks. Täheldusi sumerite ja akkadlaste allilmakujutlustest [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2012 The current short Sumerian literary text, which was written in Old Babylonian time and which consists of only 16 lines, is a dedicatory inscription. This text was written on a bronze axe that was dedicated to Nergal, the main Mesopotamian god of the ...
Vladimir Sazonov
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Oráculo y ley : una aproximación a la influencia política de la adivinación en la Antigüedad
Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua, 2010 Las prácticas adivinatorias han desempeñado un importante papel en diversas culturas del mundo antiguo, desde Egipto y Mesopotamia hasta el final del paganismo clásico, cuando fueron paulatinamente sustituidas por el recurso a la nueva legitimación ...
David Hernández de la Fuente
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Military Rituals in Ancient Anatolia and Mesopotamia: Séminaire international de recherches VIGMA: Vivre, grandir, mourir dans l'Antiquité. Rites de passage individuels au Proche-Orient ancien (université de Strasbourg) [PDF]
, 2011 info:eu-repo/semantics ...
Vanseveren, Sylvie, Jean, Cynthia
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El arte de la curación en la antigua Mesopotamia
Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua, 2010 En este artículo mostramos una panorámica de las prácticas médicas llevadas a cabo en la Antigua Mesopotamia, durante los períodos sumerio, paleobabilónico y asirio.In this paper we will discuss the healing practices carried out in the Ancient ...
Piedad Yuste
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