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Proto-Elamite metrological systems
Systems used to count discrete objects
Sexagesimal System S
Used to count discrete inanimate objects.
| N8a |  |
| ↓ ×2 | |
| N1 |  |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N14 |  |
| ↓ ×6 | |
| N34 |  |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N48 |  |
| ↓ ×6 | |
| N45 | |
Decimal System D
Used to count discrete animate objects, in particular domesticated animals and laborers.
| N1 | |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N14 | |
| ↓ ×6 | |
| N23 |  |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N51 or N51g |   |
| ↓ ×6 | |
| N54g |  |
N51g and N54g are only attested in one text (see MDP 31, 031). N51, counting low-status humans and animals, is found in five texts (MDP 06, 399; MDP 17, 275; MDP 26, 156; MDP 26, 160; MDP 26, 205).
N23 is also used as a nonnumerical sign with the value M387. Many variants of M387 are know, with approximately similar usage.
Bi-sexagesimal System B
Used to count discrete grain products; objects noted with this system may, as in archaic Babylonia, belong to a rationing system.
| N1 | |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N14 | |
| ↓ ×6 | |
| N34 | |
| ↓ ×2 | |
| N51 | |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N54 |  |
Bi-sexagesimal System B#
System derived from the bi-sexagesimal system B, used to count rations(?) of an unclear nature.
| N1b |  |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N14b |  |
| ↓ ×6 | |
| N34b |  |
| ↓ ×2 | |
| N51b |  |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N54b |  |
Systems used to count measures of capacity
Capacity System C
System used primarily to note capacity measures of grain, in particular barley; some of the small units also designate bi-secually counted cereal products.
| N39c |  |
| ↓ ×2 | |
| N30d |  |
| ↓ ×2 | |
| N30c |  |
| ↓ ×3 | |
| N24 |  |
| ↓ ×2 | |
| N39b |  |
| ↓ ×5 | |
| N1 | |
| ↓ ×6 | |
| N14 | |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N45 |  |
| ↓ ×3 | |
| N34 | |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N48 | |
Capacity System C#
System derived from the capacity system C, possibly related to system B#.
| N30d@b |  |
| ↓ ×2 | |
| N30c@b |  |
| ↓ ×3 | |
| N24@b |  |
| ↓ ×2 | |
| N39b@b |  |
| ↓ ×5 | |
| N1@b | |
| ↓ ×6 | |
| N14@b | |
| ↓ ×10 | |
| N45@b |  |
| ↓ ×3 | |
| N34@b | |
| ↓ ×10 | |
