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Cuneiform Mathematical Texts as a Reflection of Everyday Life in Mesopotamia (American Oriental Series) Paperback – June 30, 1993
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- Print length347 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAmerican Oriental Society
- Publication dateJune 30, 1993
- Dimensions7 x 1.23 x 10 inches
- ISBN-100940490757
- ISBN-13978-0940490758
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- Publisher : American Oriental Society (June 30, 1993)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 347 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0940490757
- ISBN-13 : 978-0940490758
- Item Weight : 2.14 pounds
- Dimensions : 7 x 1.23 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,255,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,045 in Ancient Mesopotamia History
- #2,514 in Assyria, Babylonia & Sumer History
- #4,406 in Mathematics History
About the author

Born in Boston, Karen Nemet-Nejat is the first woman to graduate with a PhD in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Columbia University and the first person "Distinction" to receive from her advisor, the late Professor W.W. Hallo, Yale University and has done numerous research projects in affiliation with the institution.
Nemet-Nejat has published several books based on her research in various fields of cuneiform studies, including field plans, mathematical texts as well as in depth research on daily life and culture of Ancient Mesopotamia.
In addition she has published numerous articles including Religion of the Common People in Mesopotamia, Leisure, Recreation, and Daily Life, and the role of Women in Ancient Mesopotamia, to name only a few of the broad and various topics she has covered.
She has given several presentations on these and many other topics over the years earning her international prestige within the Ancient Near Eastern Studies community.
Her work experience ranges from visiting scholar at Yale University to visiting Professor at the Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey, where she taught Comparative Mythology, on Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek and Anatolian Mythology.
Among several awards she was granted the National Endowment for Humanities as part of the Yale team cataloging the Babylonian tablets; Nemet-Nejat catalogued the mathematical tablets in the Yale Babylonian Collection.
Dr. Nemet-Nejat has
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