Connecting a Disconnect: Can Evidence for a Scribal Education Be Found in a Professional Setting During the Old Babylonian Period?

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Connecting a Disconnect : Can Evidence for a Scribal Education Be Found in a Professional Setting During the Old Babylonian Period? / Middeke-Conlin, Robert William.

Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds. ed. / Cécile Michel; Karine Chemla. Cham : Springer, 2020. p. 435-462 (Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter, Vol. 5).

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Harvard

Middeke-Conlin, RW 2020, Connecting a Disconnect: Can Evidence for a Scribal Education Be Found in a Professional Setting During the Old Babylonian Period? in C Michel & K Chemla (eds), Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds. Springer, Cham, Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter, vol. 5, pp. 435-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48389-0_11

APA

Middeke-Conlin, R. W. (2020). Connecting a Disconnect: Can Evidence for a Scribal Education Be Found in a Professional Setting During the Old Babylonian Period? In C. Michel, & K. Chemla (Eds.), Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds (pp. 435-462). Springer. Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter Vol. 5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48389-0_11

Vancouver

Middeke-Conlin RW. Connecting a Disconnect: Can Evidence for a Scribal Education Be Found in a Professional Setting During the Old Babylonian Period? In Michel C, Chemla K, editors, Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds. Cham: Springer. 2020. p. 435-462. (Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter, Vol. 5). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48389-0_11

Author

Middeke-Conlin, Robert William. / Connecting a Disconnect : Can Evidence for a Scribal Education Be Found in a Professional Setting During the Old Babylonian Period?. Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds. editor / Cécile Michel ; Karine Chemla. Cham : Springer, 2020. pp. 435-462 (Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter, Vol. 5).

Bibtex

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