Large numbers in gothic

[anheropl0x]

It probably isn't right, but I had always done math with the letters/numbers, example: 1990 = ^^Rµ, or 900+900+100+90.

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, halsteis at ... wrote:
>
> Hi.
> Does anyone know how large numbers were represented in Gothic? With the
> alphabet, you get up to 999. The greek added a sign before the number to
> show thousands (α' menat 1, ,α' was 1000).
> 
> Halstein.
>


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