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Babylonian numerals
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Although the Babylonian numeral system was a sexagesimal numeral system (base 60), it had some vestiges of a decimal numeral system (base 10) within it. This is because the 59 numerals (there was no zero) were built from a 'unit' symbol and a 'ten' symbol.
External links
- O’Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., “Babylonian numerals”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- Babylonian numerals
- easycalculation.com, Babylonian Numerals
- Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation (Unicode Range 12400-1247F)
- ScriptSource, Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation (Unicode Range 12400-1247F)
