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THE NUMERATION 691
The Numeration.
Except for the partial survival of the 'pellet' form of the decimal sign Numera-
inherited from the hieroglyphic system, the numeration in Classes A and. B class B
■. practically identical, though the fractions are clearer marked in Class A 2JJJ"°*1,][
d tne 10,000 sign only occurs in B (see Comparative Table, Fig. 676). A.
1000*.+" 100%-f lo<5*+ UNITS FRACTIOUS
lc'lnaSasr <>&<> O0O0 y-'~— 1. i«.ui L L,
IDEAL v I L
example -O-CvOOrrri" : 2406'
v v OO------i»
LINEAR lO.OOO lOOOH IOO& + IOV-+- UNITS FRACTIONS
clbss <±>. <>l-<X>OS00cr-- UU11'
S>
it
^^00=-^'^^
I DEAL
EXAMPLE
Fig. 676. Numerals of Classes A and B.
That we have to deal with a decimal system is clearly shown by the
fact that the units are never more than nine in number, the same rule
applying" to the tens and hundreds.
Over and above this, a remarkable and recurring feature in the numbers
attached to the clay documents proves the existence of a system of per-
centages. On a usual type in the form of a clay slip, after what we may
regard as a personal name, and in characters the full height of the tablet,
there appears a statement of account in two registers divided by a horizontal
line. The upper of these registers shows one or both varieties of the ' flock'
sign ^? J[, as recognized below, followed by numbers. Sometimes, as in Fig.
677, a, a circle, indicating ico, represents the whole amount. More often the
upper register shows a large proportion of looand the lower a fraction of it.
These smaller amounts often follow what may be supposed to be the official
signs such as £ and t and, in a principal degree, the ' throne and sceptre'
sign j^. In all these cases it will be found that the upper and lower amounts Percent-
specified together make up 100. A simple instance of this is given in j^ a "
fig. 677, 6, where the two sums of the upper register 57 + 23 = 80, while in
The Numeration.
Except for the partial survival of the 'pellet' form of the decimal sign Numera-
inherited from the hieroglyphic system, the numeration in Classes A and. B class B
■. practically identical, though the fractions are clearer marked in Class A 2JJJ"°*1,][
d tne 10,000 sign only occurs in B (see Comparative Table, Fig. 676). A.
1000*.+" 100%-f lo<5*+ UNITS FRACTIOUS
lc'lnaSasr <>&<> O0O0 y-'~— 1. i«.ui L L,
IDEAL v I L
example -O-CvOOrrri" : 2406'
v v OO------i»
LINEAR lO.OOO lOOOH IOO& + IOV-+- UNITS FRACTIONS
clbss <±>. <>l-<X>OS00cr-- UU11'
S>
it
^^00=-^'^^
I DEAL
EXAMPLE
Fig. 676. Numerals of Classes A and B.
That we have to deal with a decimal system is clearly shown by the
fact that the units are never more than nine in number, the same rule
applying" to the tens and hundreds.
Over and above this, a remarkable and recurring feature in the numbers
attached to the clay documents proves the existence of a system of per-
centages. On a usual type in the form of a clay slip, after what we may
regard as a personal name, and in characters the full height of the tablet,
there appears a statement of account in two registers divided by a horizontal
line. The upper of these registers shows one or both varieties of the ' flock'
sign ^? J[, as recognized below, followed by numbers. Sometimes, as in Fig.
677, a, a circle, indicating ico, represents the whole amount. More often the
upper register shows a large proportion of looand the lower a fraction of it.
These smaller amounts often follow what may be supposed to be the official
signs such as £ and t and, in a principal degree, the ' throne and sceptre'
sign j^. In all these cases it will be found that the upper and lower amounts Percent-
specified together make up 100. A simple instance of this is given in j^ a "
fig. 677, 6, where the two sums of the upper register 57 + 23 = 80, while in