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13 mars 2024
- doi: 10.4000/books.efa.16249
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Véronique Chankowski, « Signs and abbreviations of monetary subdivisions », École française d’Athènes, ID : 10.4000/books.efa.16249
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The accounts of the hieropoioi use the decimal acrophonic system for noting numbers, with six numeral signs formed by the first letter of the name of each number:I𐅃∆ΗΧΜ15 (πέντε)10 (δέκα)100 (ἑκατόν)1 000 (χίλιοι)10 000 (µύριοι)The multiples of 10 are combined as follows:𐅄𐅅𐅆𐅇505005 00050 000To express a price or weight, the unit is the drachma and its subdivisions:𐅂𐅁Τ or 𐅀Χ or 𝈺 or 𝈏 or −drachma (dr.)obol, i.e. 1/6th of a drachma (ob.)hemi-obol, i.e. 1/12th of a drachma or 1/2 obol (½ ob.)te...