Numerals in Iron Age Aramaic, Hebrew and other Branches of the West Semitic Alphabet and their Scribal Dialects

The various branches of the West Semitic Alphabet script, and their scribal dialects,
applied two systems for the notation of numerals: One system was an autochthonous
creation and common to Phoenician and Aramaic. Another system, adopted
from Egyptian Hieratic, was used in Hebrew. The Phoenician/Aramaic numerals are
here investigated in a comprehensive manner, for the first time. Both systems are
compared and analysed in their development through the Iron Age.