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Wasn’t it the Sumerians that did use base 60 and just went to counting knuckles and joints to get to the base 60 system … never fully understood it when I read about it either
Sumerians and Babylonians used the same cuneiform writing system with a base of 6×10, but it seems like they also used to count to 60 as 12×5… and what we’re left with, is the simplified 5+5=10.
Wasn’t it the Sumerians that did use base 60 and just went to counting knuckles and joints to get to the base 60 system … never fully understood it when I read about it either
Here is a demonstration
https://mathsciencehistory.com/2021/11/09/count-to-60-with-your-phalanges/
Sumerians and Babylonians used the same cuneiform writing system with a base of 6×10, but it seems like they also used to count to 60 as 12×5… and what we’re left with, is the simplified 5+5=10.
Also, we shall remember that:
𒀭 𒐏𒋰𒁀 𒎏𒀀𒉌 𒂄𒄀 𒍑𒆗𒂵 𒈗 𒋀𒀊𒆠𒈠 𒈗𒆠𒂗 𒄀𒆠𒌵𒆤 𒂍𒀀𒉌 𒈬𒈾𒆕