Ancient Egyptian numerals. 19th-century table showing the hieroglyphic,demotic (enchorial) and hieratic numbers used by the Ancient Egyptians during the third and second millennia BC. Ordinals are listed at left,with fractions at bottom left. The first ten numbers and examples below 100 are at centre,with multiple of hundreds and thousands at right. The hieroglyphic script was designed to be carved into stone,with hieratic and demotic scripts used in papyri and manuscripts. Published in the six-volume 'Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians' (1837-41) by British egyptologist John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / New York Public Library / Asian and Middle Eastern Collections |
Bildgröße: | 4843 px × 4269 px |
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