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Barred letters standing for numbers.
Also known as: Geez numerals
The Ethiopic numeral signs, written as letter shapes enclosed between horizontal bars.
Write numbers in Ethiopic script, with distinct signs for units, tens, a hundred and ten thousand.
Contexts: Mathematics, History
Derived from Greek numerals rather than from the Ethiopic alphabet itself, which is why the number signs do not match the letters in either shape or order.
Contexts: Mathematics, History
Not positional and with no zero: a number is built additively from the largest sign downward, so long numbers are long on the page.
Contexts: Mathematics, History
Letter-like glyphs each carrying a horizontal bar above and below, giving separate signs for the units, the tens, and for one hundred and ten thousand.