Universität Wien

140030 SE Akkadian Seminar: (2011W)

Continuous assessment of course work

Voraussetzungen: AO-2 und AO-4;
AO-7 sowie AP-2 oder AO-4 je nach gewählter Sprache;
AO-3;

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 12 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 10.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 17.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 24.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 31.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 07.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 14.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 21.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 28.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 05.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 12.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 09.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 16.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 23.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
Monday 30.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Mathematics in (Akkadian) cuneiform texts

Assessment and permitted materials

Kontrolle der Vorbereitungen für die jeweilige Lehreinheit

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Understanding Babylonian mathematics

Examination topics

Reading of appropriate texts in class

Reading list

Friberg, J.:Mathematik: Reallexikon der Assyriologie Bd. 7 (1990) 531-585;
Neugebauer, O.: The Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Providence 1957;
Høyrup, J.: Lengths, Widths, Surfaces, Berlin-New York 2001;
Robson, E.: Mathematics in Ancient Iraq. A Social History, Princeton 2008

Association in the course directory

AO-11/1, AO-11/2, AO-12/1, MA-AO

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