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Maya Numeral 3

Maya Numeral 3

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Construction note

Maya vigesimal numeral: each bar counts five, each dot one; a shell marks zero.

About this symbol

Meaning: The number 3 in the Maya base-20 system.
Culture / origin: Maya civilisation (Mesoamerica)
Era: Pre-Classic onward (from c. 300 BCE)
Historical context: The Maya recorded dates and astronomy in a base-20 bar-and-dot notation that included a true symbol for zero.

Public-domain historical numeral system; credit its Maya origin.

Tags

mayamesoamericannumeralvigesimal

SVG source

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