Editing Babylonian cuneiform numerals (section)

==Origin==
This system first appeared around 2000 BC;<ref name="Chrisomalis" /> its structure reflects the decimal lexical numerals of [[Semitic languages]] rather than Sumerian lexical numbers.<ref name="Chrisomalis2">{{cite book|title= Numerical Notation: A Comparative History |title-link=Numerical Notation: A Comparative History |author=Stephen Chrisomalis|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ux--OWgWvBQC&pg=PA248 248]|year= 2010|publisher= Cambridge University Press|isbn= 978-0-521-87818-0}}</ref>  However, the use of a special Sumerian sign for 60 (beside two Semitic signs for the same number)<ref name="Chrisomalis" /> attests to a relation with the Sumerian system.<ref name="Chrisomalis2" />
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