SIGNS for NUMBERS

 

SIGNS for NUMBERS

 

Usually the Phoenicians wrote the whole word for a number, but sometimes they used also signs for it. The beginning from 1 – 19 is rather simple, but from 20 en so on it becomes more complicated.

Simplified:

1= /

2= //

3= ///

4= ////

5= /////

6= /// ///

7= /// /// /

8= //// ////

9= //// //// /

10=  –

11= / –

12= // –

13= /// –

14= //// –

15= ///// –

16= /// /// –

17= /// /// / –

18= //// //// –

19= //// //// / –

In reality it is slightly different. I can’t get that exactly right on my computer, but often is the last vertical line halfway broken off. For the more complicated signs of 20 and more you must look at the pictures I made.

The information comes from: Dr.Alb.van den Branden, Professeur à l’Université St-Esprit in his superb book : Grammaire Phénicienne, Kaslik, Liban, 1969.

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