• lugal@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Sure? Because the only cuniform numbers I could find are base 10 and than 60. They might have counted differently with their hands, I wasn’t there to observe.

    But the thing you describe, I remember vaguely that it’s ancient Egypt. Neither is related to modern English by the way. I guess you mixed up alot.

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      6 months ago

      No, I’m not sure. I learned it from a TikTok video.

      Google only shows me Babylonian cuneiform.

      Google does show some sources that claim eleven and twelve are evidence of a base-12 influence, but most sources disagree with that theory.

      So yeah, perhaps I mixed it up.