Urnfield Numbers:
Here are some funny math interesting facts. This will help you to knew about the ancient Urnfield numerals.
Enjoy with the ancient numbers.
Urnfield culture was around 1200 BC. They followed quinary number system, that is base five.
The numbers form 1 to 29 were found.
1 | / |
2 | // |
3 | /// |
4 | //// |
5 | \ |
6 | /\ |
7 | //\ |
8 | ///\ |
9 | ////\ |
10 | \\ |
11 | /\\ |
12 | //\\ |
13 | ///\\ |
14 | ////\\ |
15 | \\\ |
16 | /\\\ |
17 | //\\\ |
18 | ///\\\ |
19 | ////\\\ |
20 | \\\\ |
21 | /\\\\ |
22 | //\\\\ |
23 | ///\\\\ |
24 | ////\\\\ |
25 | \\\\\ |
26 | /\\\\\ |
27 | //\\\\\ |
28 | ///\\\\\ |
29 | ////\\\\\ |
The units digit are represented with a stroke from the top-right to the bottom-left '/' and the fifths place with a stroke from the top-left to the bottom-right '\'. Only till numeral 29 were to be found.
This is a funny interesting part of maths. Enjoy it with Fun!
