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So we do not know WTF numbers the die represents, if it does indeed represent numbers? Joel Send a noteboard - 09/03/2013 10:15:59 PM

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Unless you go back to the end of the Bronze Age and Linear B, a Greek letter is just a Greek letter. They are the same today as thousands of years ago (though sound values have changed). Koine is just a stage of the Greek language. Asking if the letters are Koine is like asking if Latin letters are Middle English.

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Take your fake answer elsewhere if you're not going to play seriously. *NM* Tom - 07/03/2013 11:48:57 PM 595 Views
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Demotic is a Greek term, so capitalizing it or not really doesn't change anything. Tom - 09/03/2013 03:13:17 PM 1050 Views
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Greek letters haven't changed in about 2800 years Tom - 09/03/2013 09:05:30 PM 1063 Views
So we do not know WTF numbers the die represents, if it does indeed represent numbers? Joel - 09/03/2013 10:15:59 PM 970 Views
There is a simple way to figure out if they represent numbers. Tom - 10/03/2013 03:33:10 AM 1053 Views
That probably answers the positional notation aspect we'd been discussing on the other board Isaac - 10/03/2013 04:12:32 AM 1054 Views
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Thanks, it still leaves the purpose rather uncertain but random number generator seems ruled out Isaac - 10/03/2013 05:10:05 PM 1399 Views
Those are just the first 20 letters (of 24) of the Greek alphabet. Tom - 10/03/2013 06:57:46 PM 931 Views
One would THINK so, yes.... Joel - 11/03/2013 04:54:05 PM 1236 Views
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