Numerals and Epigraphy

A rough and ready guide

Please contribute to this on-line knowledge base. It is intended to provide a baseline set of information for coping with numerals and mathematical notation (both Greek and Roman), particularly as found on inscriptions. Completeness is a function of contribution, so please share your knowledge (credit will be given where credit is due). And thanks!

This page was started in reaction to a discussion on Epigraph-L, the epigraphy list, in which the forms of the Greek numerals represented by digamma and sampi were at issue.


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This page was started by Tom Elliott (thomase@mindspring.com) and is a part of the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy's web site. The ASGLE makes no judgment as to the accuracy or completeness of its content.