The Bourse of Babylon: Market Quotations in the Astronomical Diaries of Babylonia.(Review)

From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: July 1, 2001| Author: Weszeli, Michaela | Copyright information

The Bourse of Babylon: Market Quotations in the Astronomical Diaries of Babylonia. By ALICE LOUISE SLOTSKY. Bethesda, Md.: CDL PRESS, 1997. Pp. xiv + 192, illus. $42.

Mit der vorliegenden Monographie zur 'Borse' von Babylon, die aus ihrer Dissertation hervorgegangen ist, hat die Okonomin Slotsky die Angaben der babylonischen "astronomischen Tagebucher" zu den 'Preisen' der regelma[beta]ig erwahnten Produkte Gerste, Datteln, Cuscuta, Kresse, Sesam und Wolle einer statisti...

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