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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 ; or as acrophonic numerals (from acrophony ) because the basic symbols derive from the first letters of the (ancient) Greek words that the symbols ...
Attic numerals – Symbolic number notation used by the ancient Greeks Hebrew numerals – Numeral system using letters of the Hebrew alphabet Hindu–Arabic numeral system – Most common system for writing numbers
Koppa or qoppa (Ϙ, ϙ; as a modern numeral sign: ϟ) is a letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet, derived from Phoenician qoph (𐤒).It was originally used to denote the /k/ sound, but dropped out of use as an alphabetic character and replaced by Kappa (Κ).
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Attic numerals were used by 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 all of the symbols used derive from the first letters of the words that the symbols represent ...
The direction of numerals follows the writing system's direction. Writing is from left to right in Greek, Coptic, Ethiopic, Gothic, Armenian, Georgian, Glagolitic, and Cyrillic alphabetic numerals along with Shirakatsi's notation. Right-to-left writing is found in Hebrew and Syriac alphabetic numerals, Arabic abjad numerals, and Fez numerals.
Some Attic transcriptions of Asia Minor toponyms (βυζζαντειον, αζζειον, etc.) show a -ζζ- for ζ; assuming that Attic value was [zd], it may be an attempt to transcribe a dialectal [dz] pronunciation; the reverse cannot be ruled completely, but a -σδ- transcription would have been more likely in this case. This suggests ...
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