Down to the hour : : short time in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East / / edited by Kassandra J. Miller, Sarah L. Symons.
Clock time, with all its benefits and anxieties, is often viewed as a "modern" phenomenon, but ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures also had tools for marking and measuring time within the day and wrestled with challenges of daily time management. This book brings together for t...
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Superior document: | Time, astronomy, and calendars ; Volume 8 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2020. |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Time, astronomy, and calendars ;
Volume 8. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
Notes: | Short time: measuring time at the sub-day level (e.g., hours, minutes). |
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