Hieroglyphic Numerals. Egyptian numerals Additive System.
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Hieroglyphic NumeralsHieroglyphic Numerals
Egyptian numeralsEgyptian numerals
Additive System
The eye of HorusThe eye of Horus
The Battle of Seth and HorusThe Battle of Seth and Horus
Seth murders his brother Osiris
Horus goes to revenge his father
Big Seth mutilates Horus’ eye
Horus castrates Seth
Thote collects pieces of eye and heals it
Eye is now symbol of wholeness
Earliest engravingEarliest engraving
King Narmer’s club handleKing Narmer’s club handle3000-2900 BC3000-2900 BC
Egyptian hieratic numeralsEgyptian hieratic numerals
Greek Acrophonic NumeralsGreek Acrophonic Numerals
Greek acrophonic numeralsGreek acrophonic numerals
Multiplicative System
Roman NumeralsRoman Numerals
Roman Numerals
Roman numeralsRoman numerals
Development of Development of Roman Roman
Numerals for Numerals for Large NumbersLarge Numbers
Archaic Chinese Archaic Chinese numeralsnumerals
14th – 11th centuries BC
Archaic Archaic ChineseChinese
Numerals Numerals
Those Magnificent MayansThose Magnificent Mayans
Ordinary Mayan numeralsOrdinary Mayan numerals
ZeroZero
Ground zero
Japanese zero
ZeroZeroOrigin- Arabic al-sifer = zero
Hundi- sunya = void, empty - shunya = zero
English- cipher = meaning empty space old names- aught, naught, and cipher
The History of ZeroThe History of Zero
The AbacusThe Abacus• Latin = abacus/abaci
• Greek = abax or abakon = table or tray
• From Semitic word abq= dust, sand
The Table of The Table of SalamisSalamis
4th or 5th century BC
Found on the island of Salamis in 1846
Ancient Counting DevicesAncient Counting Devices
Ancient Chinese Ancient Chinese counting gridcounting grid
Counting devices of the Middle AgesCounting devices of the Middle Ages
Modern AbaciModern Abaci