Symbols
← Back to library
Babylonian Number 9

Babylonian Number 9

CulturalSeed

mesopotamian

Edit a copy Restyle Trace in practice

Construction note

Cuneiform number: vertical wedges count ones, corner wedges count tens, in a base-60 system.

About this symbol

Meaning
The number 9 written in Babylonian cuneiform.
Culture / origin
Sumer / Babylonia (Mesopotamia)
Era
From c. 2000 BCE (Sumerian roots c. 3000 BCE)
Historical context
Babylonian scribes pressed reed styluses into clay to write a sexagesimal (base-60) place-value system — the ancestor of our 60-minute hour.

Public-domain ancient numeral system; credit its Mesopotamian origin.

Tags

babyloniansumeriancuneiformnumeralsexagesimal

SVG source

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"><g fill="none" stroke="#5a4631" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M13 6 V9.4 M12.0 6 L13 7.4 L14.0 6 M15.8 6 V9.4 M14.8 6 L15.8 7.4 L16.8 6 M18.6 6 V9.4 M17.6 6 L18.6 7.4 L19.6 6 M13 11 V14.4 M12.0 11 L13 12.4 L14.0 11 M15.8 11 V14.4 M14.8 11 L15.8 12.4 L16.8 11 M18.6 11 V14.4 M17.6 11 L18.6 12.4 L19.6 11 M13 16 V19.4 M12.0 16 L13 17.4 L14.0 16 M15.8 16 V19.4 M14.8 16 L15.8 17.4 L16.8 16 M18.6 16 V19.4 M17.6 16 L18.6 17.4 L19.6 16"></path></g></svg>