Ancient Weights and Measures
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Ancient Weights and Measures

  1. 110 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ancient Weights and Measures

About this book

Facsimile of volume of detailed catalogs prepared by Flinders Petrie of ancient weights and measures based on examination of over 4000 Egyptian weights within his collections. Eight standards have been identified and are described. The text discusses forms, multiples and fractions of standard weights, materials, and evidence for the adoption of different standards. A much smaller collection of steelyards, measures of capacity, lineal measures, and balances is also described and illustrated.

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Publisher
Oxbow Books
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9798888570111
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Archaeology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. CHAPTER I THE FORMS OF WEIGHTS
  7. CHAPTER II MULTIPLES AND FRACTIONS
  8. CHAPTER III THE PEYEM
  9. CHAPTER IV THE DARIC OR “BABYLONIAN”
  10. CHAPTER V THE STATER OR “ATTIC”
  11. CHAPTER VI THE OEDET OR “EGYPTIAN ”
  12. CHAPTER VII THE NECEF
  13. CHAPTER VIII THE KHOIRĪNĒ OR “PERSIAN”
  14. CHAPTER IX THE BEQA OR “AEGINETAN ”
  15. CHAPTER X THE SELA OR “PHOENICIAN”
  16. CHAPTER XI THE WEIGHTS OF GEZER
  17. CHAPTER XII THE METAL WEIGHTS
  18. CHAPTER XIII THE INDO-CHINESE-ETRUSCAN SYSTEM
  19. CHAPTER XIV THE STEELYARDS
  20. CHAPTER XV MEASURES OF CAPACITY
  21. CHAPTER XVI LINEAL MEASURES
  22. CHAPTER XVII THE BALANCES
  23. CHAPTER XVIII OTHER COLLECTIONS OF WEIGHTS
  24. CHAPTER XIX THE DIALS AND DRAWINGS
  25. APPENDICES

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