tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post952949219678569241..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Further on obsessions with writingJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-79030246030781052932010-12-22T08:45:20.626+11:002010-12-22T08:45:20.626+11:00David,you do have an art for finding obscure thing...David,you do have an art for finding obscure things! I enjoyed that web site.<br /><br />I think I am going to leave fractional quantities in Minoan bookkeeping aside for the present, unless of course I decide to follow up trade and economic history during the Minoan period! However, the extent to which the Aborigines used numbers is of some interest at the present time!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-38450497058252148862010-12-22T06:52:32.082+11:002010-12-22T06:52:32.082+11:00Jim
Further to this fellow's obsession with o...Jim<br /><br />Further to this fellow's obsession with obsessions, I found a book reference you might like:<br /><br />Bennett, Emmett L., Jr. 1950. Fractional quantities in Minoan bookkeeping. American Journal of Archaeology 54: 204-222.<br /><br />(Item 73 in his bibliography of numerical notations)<br /><br />Have a lovely day.<br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-67437859525420160562010-12-22T06:45:29.537+11:002010-12-22T06:45:29.537+11:00http://phrontistery.info/mania.html
On Manias and...http://phrontistery.info/mania.html<br /><br />On Manias and Obsessions, wherein I found graphomania, epomania, hexametromania, metromania.<br /><br />Also an interesting sidebar of other "stuff".<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com