04-27-2008, 11:48 AM | #1 | |
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Middle Earth numerals - more like Roman?
I have suddenly found out that I know very little about ME numerals. We have detailed accounts of different writing systems, but next to nothing (as far as I know) is told about the rendition of numbers.
The quote I can think of is this Quote:
But maybe there are some more data out there somewhere? |
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04-27-2008, 04:41 PM | #2 |
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Interesting thought, Gordis. I never considered the numerals. I don't recall any writings about Middle-earth counting systems, but I have not read many of the HoME-books. If there is an essay on numerals in Middle-earth, I suppose somewhere in HoME is your best shot.
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05-26-2008, 08:55 AM | #3 |
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I don't think this is necessarily indicated. I think Strider had to sort of interpret what those three strokes meant - and concluded that the one leaving them (presumably Gandalf) had meant them to represent the number '3'. But I don't think the common symbol for '3' was used, or there would have been no guessing about it. And... I think it was intended to be a discreet message, a little coded.
I wonder if the Nazgul could read something that was written there, in this manner. Poor eyesight and all. Of course - they already knew Gandalf was there on October 3rd. So... who was Gandalf trying to hide the message from anyway? (will anyone suggest Gildor? )
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