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| the_sexagesimal_place_value_notation [2015/10/29 16:23] – lafont | the_sexagesimal_place_value_notation [2016/03/16 22:10] (current) – [The Sexagesimal Place Value Notation] gombert |
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| **Table 2: transliteration of HS 217a, school tablet from Nippur, multiplication table by 9**\\ | **transliteration of [[http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/P254585|HS 217a]], school tablet from Nippur, multiplication table by 9**\\ |
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| Thus, in front of 7, we expect the number 63. Instead, we see the notation {{mathematics-CP (1)_html_4362eb2d.png?10x22}}{{mathematics-CP (1)_html_m606456ac.png?18x22}}, where the sixty is represented by a wedge in the second place (left position), which means that this number is expressed in sexagesimal place value notation. We can transcribe our number 1.3, where the dot separates sexagesimal digits. The system works as our sexagesimal system for time expressed in hours, minutes and second, by the way inherited from Mesopotamia.\\ | Thus, in front of 7, we expect the number 63. Instead, we see the notation {{mathematics-CP (1)_html_4362eb2d.png?10x22}}{{mathematics-CP (1)_html_m606456ac.png?18x22}}, where the sixty is represented by a wedge in the second place (left position), which means that this number is expressed in sexagesimal place value notation. We can transcribe our number 1.3, where the dot separates sexagesimal digits. The system works as our sexagesimal system for time expressed in hours, minutes and second, by the way inherited from Mesopotamia.\\ |
