Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and near East Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and near East |
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| Volume Editor:
| J. Miller, Kassandra
Symons, Sarah |
| Series title: | Time, Astronomy, and Calendars Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-37347-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2019 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $177.00 |
Book Description:
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This book offers perspectives on the interplay between short-term timekeeping technologies and their social contexts in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. It explores the origins of the "hour" as a temporal unit and illuminates timekeeping activities in antiquity.
This book offers perspectives on the interplay between short-term timekeeping technologies and their social contexts in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. It explores the origins of the "hour" as a temporal unit and illuminates timekeeping activities in antiquity.