Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.
Attic greek numbers.
The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophisticated than the egyptian though it was non positional.
Who described the system in his writings.
Like the attic and egyptian systems it was also decimal.
The attic numerals are a symbolic number notation used by the ancient greeks they were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian.
Attic refers to the greek territory of attica while herodianic refers to aelius herodianus a grammarian of the 2 nd century a d.
The attics are a number system used by the early greek.
By the alexandrian age the greek attic system of enumeration was being replaced by the ionian or alphabetic numerals.
The arithmetic operation in attic numbers seems to be difficult but the division is calculated as we calculate today.
These ionic or alphabetical numerals were simply a cipher system in which nine greek letters were assigned to the numbers 1 9 nine more to the numbers 10 90 and nine more to 100 900.
Attic numerals were used by the ancient greeks possibly from the 7th century bc they were also known as herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd century manuscript by herodian they are also known as acrophonic numerals because the symbols derive from the first letters of the words that the symbols represent.
This is the system we discuss.
This section mentions only some of the attic peculiarities.
The attic or herodianic system of numerals was the first numeral system used in ancient greece.
Or as acrophonic numerals from acrophony because the basic symbols derive from the first letters of the ancient greek words that the symbols represented.
This system which arose around 500 b c.
The ionian greek system of enumeration was a little more sophis ticated than the egyptian though it was non positional.
In addition to singular and plural numbers attic greek had the dual number.
Thousands were often indicated by placing a bar at the left of the corresponding numeral.
Or so used only six symbols.
The word attic refers to the place attica which is the main city of athens.
Five ten hundred thousand and ten thousand.
By the alexandrian age the greek attic system of enumeration was being replaced by the ionian or alphabetic numerals.