BABYLONIAN
NUMERALS
Convert numbers to ancient Babylonian cuneiform numerals using the sexagesimal (base-60) system that influenced our time measurements.
EXAMPLES
1
One (single vertical wedge)
23
Twenty-three (two horizontal, three vertical)
60
Sixty (one in next position)
3661
Beyond base-60 (multiple positions)
ABOUT BABYLONIAN NUMERALS
SEXAGESIMAL SYSTEM
The Babylonians used a base-60 system, which is why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour.
- • 𒐕 = 1 (vertical wedge)
- • 𒌋 = 10 (horizontal wedge)
- • Positions represent powers of 60
LEGACY
This 4,000-year-old system still influences how we measure time and angles today. The Babylonians were master astronomers and mathematicians.