curvilinear writing

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numeral systems

  • Ancient symbols for 1 and 10
    In numerals and numeral systems: Cuneiform numerals

    …or the circular end (hence curvilinear writing) of the stylus, and for numbers up to 60 these symbols were used in the same way as the hieroglyphs, except that a subtractive symbol was also used. This image shows the number 258,458 in cuneiform.

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