Prolegomena to Late Cypriot Weight Metrology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5058040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karl M Petruso (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 293-304 |
| Publication date | 1984-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/504553 |
| OpenAlex | W2330220272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
The systems of weight measurement used in prehistoric Cyprus have never been studied comprehensively. The group of artifacts here examined consists of several dozen Late Bronze Age stone balance weights from Enkomi, Ayia Irini, Idalion and the Cape Gelidonya shipwreck which share a characteristic "sphendonoid" (i.e., sling bullet) shape. It is shown, using simple statistical procedures, that one system, decimal in structure, is represented in these objects. This system was used throughout the eastern Mediterranean area during the late second millennium B. C., and appears to have been of Egyptian origin
Ancient history · Archaeology · Arithmetic · Bronze Age · Decimal · Dozen · Geography · Prehistory · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · History · Law, logistics, and international trade · Mathematics
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| Citations per year | 0.39 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2024 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |