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Egyptian Surveyor with coiled rope for measuring, 1400BC. The Pharaoh's surveyors used measurements based on body parts. It is thought the Egyptians introduced the earliest fully-developed base 10 numeration system at least as early as 2700 BCE. Written numbers used a stroke for units, a heel-bone symbol for tens, a coil of rope for hundreds and a lotus plant for thousand.
Unique Identifier
AR9447156
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Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3592px × 5324px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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15TH CENTURY BC
20th century
ANCIENT EGYPT
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
artefact
Artifact
CM
CM Dixon
COILED
color
concept
country
Dixon
egypt
Egyptian
HISTORIC
holding
JOB
Kneeling
LOCATION
Male
Man
MEASURING
Men
Mike Dixon
Mizraim
Object
OCCUPATION
People
PROFESSION
Rope
Surveyor