Late Babylonian Mathematical Practices

该项目需要一个全面的研究晚巴比伦的数学实践证明来源于大英博物馆的巴比伦-西帕尔收藏，包括一个版本的ca。60块未出版的石板巴比伦晚期（Late Babylonian period）公元前700年-公元100年）是美索不达米亚学术创新的关键时代。学术的学术化，正如在星体科学（天文学，占星术），占卜，治疗实践，评论，解释学和邪教实践中越来越多地使用数学方法所证明的那样，是巴比伦晚期的创新，随后通知了整个古代世界和超越的学术实践。因此，更完整地理解巴比伦晚期的数学实践对于亚述学以及一般的知识和科学史学都具有重要意义。然而，晚期巴比伦数学，目前由CA代表。与早期美索不达米亚数学和晚期巴比伦数学天文学相比，115片，仍然很少记录和研究。这个项目大大扩展了晚巴比伦数学语料库，还增加了至少一个迄今为止未知的文本类型。它将调查材料，形式，认识，概念，图解，实用，上下文和机构方面的所有数学片的巴比伦-西帕尔收集。它将包括一个比较研究与早期的数学实践，旨在确定连续性，转换和创新，与晚巴比伦数学实践在其他领域的奖学金的连接研究，并在会计和测量的实际应用的探索性调查。该项目将导致更全面地了解晚巴比伦的数学实践和晚巴比伦奖学金。

The project entails a comprehensive study of Late Babylonian mathematical practices attested in sources from the Babylon-Sippar collection of the British Museum, including an edition of ca. 60 unpublished tablets from that collection. The Late Babylonian period (ca. 700 BCE – 100 AD) is a pivotal era of innovations in Mesopotamian scholarship. The mathematisation of scholarship, as witnessed by the increasing use of mathematical approaches in the astral sciences (astronomy, astrology), divination, healing practices, commentaries, hermeneutics and cultic practices is a Late Babylonian innovation, which subsequently informed scholarly practices throughout the ancient world and beyond. A more complete understanding of Late Babylonian mathematical practices is therefore of great importance for Assyriology and for the historiography of knowledge and science in general. However, Late Babylonian mathematics, currently represented by ca. 115 tablets, remains sparsely documented and studied compared to earlier Mesopotamian mathematics and Late Babylonian mathematical astronomy. This project significantly expands the Late Babylonian mathematical corpus, also adding at least one hitherto unknown textual genre. It will investigate material, formal, epistemic, conceptual, diagrammatic, practical, contextual and institutional aspects of all mathematical tablets of the Babylon-Sippar collection. It will include a comparative study with earlier mathematical practices aimed at identifying continuities, transformations and innovations, a study of the connections with Late Babylonian mathematical practices in other areas of scholarship, and an exploratory investigation of the practical applications in accounting and measurement. The project will result in a fuller understanding of Late Babylonian mathematical practices and the mathematisation of Late Babylonian scholarship.