Konrad Volk, “A Sumerian Reader”, 1999 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Fred Gissoni, “Using the Cranmer ABACUS’ for the Blind”, 1964. PART FOUR (IV).
INTRODUCTION.
The beginning of writing was in Sumer’, Mesopotamia’ in 3,500 BC. Sumerian cuneiform writing on clay tablets had numerals’ for one (1), ten (10) shown BELOW.
The Cranmer ABACUS’ is an advance in numerical representation with concept of “place positions”.
The “place positions concept” for units, tens, hundreds, thousands & more; or, tenth, hundredth, thousandth & more was not used in Ancient Mesopotamia.
The Cranmer ABACUS’ has thirteen (13) rods of “place positions”, and can represent: (9,999,999,999,999) “Nine-trillion, nine-hundred ninety-nine billion , nine-hundred ninety-nine million, nine-hundred ninety-thousand, nine-hundred ninety-nine units” (9,999,999,999,999).
𒀸 “aš / rum”. ONE
𒌋 1 “u / bur₃ / šu₄ / šuš”. TEN.
