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# References

This bibliography provides the academic and historical foundations for the metrological systems and mathematical logic implemented in **MesoMath**.

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## General Metrology & History

(ref-powell)=

* **Powell, M. A.** (1987-1990). "Masse und Gewichte". *Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie*, Vol. 7, pp. 457–517. Berlin: De Gruyter.
> *Note: This is the primary source for the conversion factors used in `Blen`, `Bsur`, `Bvol`, `Bcap`, and `Bwei`.*



(ref-robson-social)=

* **Robson, E.** (2008). *Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A Social History*. Princeton University Press.
> *Note: Essential for understanding the social context of the S and G systems used in `BsyS` and `BsyG`.*

(ref-proust3)=

* **Proust, C** (2009) *Numerical and Metrological Graphemes: From Cuneiform to Transliteration* Cuneiform Digital Library Journal, 2009, 1
> *Note: Source of the use of systems C, S and G in Babylonian metrology and the transliteraion used in this soft*

(ref-chambon)=

* **Chambon, G.** (2011). *Normes et pratiques: L’unité de mesure de capacité à Mari*. Berlin: De Gruyter.

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## Mathematics & Computation

(ref-mct)=

* **Neugebauer, O., & Sachs, A.** (1945). *Mathematical Cuneiform Texts*. American Oriental Society.
> *Note: Validation for the area and volume algorithms in `Bsur` and `Bvol`.*

(ref-robson-math)=

* **Robson, E. (1999).** *Mesopotamian Mathematics, 2100-1600 BC: Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education*. Oxford University Press.

(ref-friberg)=

* **Friberg, J.** (2007). *A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts*. New York: Springer.
> *Note: Foundational for sexagesimal reciprocal logic and the `BabN` class.*



(ref-hoyrup)=

* **Høyrup, J.** (2002). *Lengths, Areas, Grids: A Survey of Old Babylonian Mathematics and its Ontological Evolution*. New York: Springer.

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## Administration & Economy

(ref-englund)=

* **Englund, R. K.** (1990). *Organisation und Verwaltung der Ur III-Fischerei*. Berlin: Berliner Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient.
> *Note: Source for the logic behind `rations()` and labor management.*



(ref-proust)=

* **Proust, C.** (2007). *Tablettes mathématiques de Nippur*. Istanbul: IFEA-De Boccard.
> *Note: Inspiration for the metrological tables generated by `metrolist()`.*



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## Architecture & Construction

(ref-sauvage)=

* **Sauvage, M.** (1998). *La brique et sa mise en œuvre en Mésopotamie*. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations.
> *Note: Primary source for the technical constants (*nalbanum*) used in the `Bbri` class.*



(ref-robson-tech)=

* **Robson, E.** (1999). *Mesopotamian Mathematics, 2100-1600 BC: Technical Constants in Bureaucracy and Education*. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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## Late Babylonian Period Metrology

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* **Proust, C.** (2019). *A mathematical collection found in the "House of the āšipus"*. In Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, eds. Proust and Steele: 89-146. Springer.

## Astronomy and Chronology

(ref-PD71)=

* **Parker, R. and Dubberstein, W.** (1971). *Babylonian Chronology: 626 B.C.–A.D. 75 (2nd Edition)*. Providence: Brown University Press.
> *Note: Primary source for the chronological database used by `mesotimes`.*

(ref-Goldstein)=

* **Goldstein, B. R.** (2003) *Ancient and Medieval Values for the Mean Synodic Month*. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 34, 65 - 74