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Robson, Eleanor

 

This profile was last modified on 2025-04-09 at 10:10:06

Publications

Robson, Eleanor. 2001. “Neither Sherlock Holmes nor Babylon: A Reassessment of Plimpton 322.” Historia Mathematica 28: 167–206. [HM 28, p.167-206 (Robson2001Plimpton322)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2002. “Words and Pictures: New Light on Plimpton 322.” American Mathematical Monthly 109 (2): 105–20. https://doi.org/10.2307/2695324. [Robson, AmMathMon 109/2 (2002) (Robson2002-FHU2UJ2M)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2002. “More than Metrology: Mathematics Education in an Old Babylonian Scribal School.” In Under One Sky - Astronomy and Mathematics in the Ancient Near East, edited by Annette Imhausen, 297:325–65. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament. [AOAT 297 (pp. 325-365) (Robson2002AOAT297)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2002. “Guaranteed Genuine Originals: The Plimpton Collection and the Early History of Mathematical Assyriology.” In Mining the Archives. Festschrift for Christopher Walker, edited by Cornelia Wunsch, 245–92. Babylonische Archive 1. Dresden: ISLET. [Fs Walker p.245-292 (Robson2002Plimpton)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2003-2004. “Review of ‘Changing Views on Ancient Near Eastern Mathematics’ by Hoyrup & Damerow.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 50: 356–61. [AfO 50 (pp. 356-361) (Robson2003AfO50)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2004. “Mathematical Cuneifrom Tablets in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.” Sources and Commentaries in the Exact Sciences 5: 3–65. [Robson, SCIAMVS 5 (2004) (Robson2004-J6BYTKNA)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2004. “Accounting for Change: The Development of Tabular Book-Keeping in Early Mesopotamia.” Creating Economic Order : Record-Keeping, Standardization, and the Development of Accounting in the Ancient Near East, International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economies, 4: 107–44. [Creating Economic Order (pp. 107-144) (Robson2004Accounting)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2004. “Mathematical Cuneiform Tablets in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.” SCIAMVS 5: 3–65. [SCIAMVS 5, p.3-65 (Robson2004Ashmolean)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2005. “Four Old Babylonian School Tablets in the Collection of the Catholic University of America.” Orientalia NS 74: 389–98. [OrNS 74, p.389-398 (Robson2005school-tablets)]

Robson, Eleanor. 2008. “The Long Career of a Favorite Figure: The Apsamikku in Neo-Babylonian Mathematics.” From the Banks of the Euphrates Studies in Honor of Alice Louise Slotsky, 211–26. [Fs Slotsky (pp. 211-226) (Robson2008FsSlotsky)]


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Created Type Description Role Status
2024-04-26 at 14:34:50 Artifact Map to P500429 (New MCT) and delete the later entry. Creator approved
2024-04-26 at 14:33:34 Artifact Map to P500428 (New MCT) and delete the later entry. Creator approved
2024-04-26 at 14:30:49 Artifact Map P500427 to this entry and delete the later entry (duplicate) Creator approved
2024-04-26 at 13:31:42 Artifact Creator approved
2024-04-26 at 13:27:50 Artifact Added period and provenience. Primary publication is Bruins, Sumer 09 (1953): 256 but I wasn't able to add that. Creator approved
2024-04-26 at 13:23:21 Artifact Added period and provenience Creator approved
2024-04-26 at 13:17:46 Artifact Corrected primary publication from MCT (1945) to New MCT (2016). Creator approved
2024-04-26 at 13:12:45 Artifact Added museum number, as given in New MCT (2016) Creator approved
2024-04-26 at 13:10:27 Artifact Corrected place of primary publication from MCT (1945) to New MCT (2016). Creator approved
2024-02-25 at 18:05:20 Artifact Added record as per input on provenience comments from Eleanor Robson Author approved

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Cite this Author
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Robson, Eleanor - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/authors/423?update_events%5Bpage%5D=5&pub%5Bpage%5D=2.
CDLI contributors. (2025, April 21). Robson, Eleanor - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/423?update_events%5Bpage%5D=5&pub%5Bpage%5D=2
CDLI contributors (2025) Robson, Eleanor - Authors, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/authors/423?update_events%5Bpage%5D=5&pub%5Bpage%5D=2 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
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