JTC1/SC2/WG2 N2612-3
L2/03-075 R3
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2
PROPOSAL SUMMARY FORM TO ACCOMPANY SUBMISSIONSFOR ADDITIONS TO THE REPERTOIRE OF ISO/IEC 106461
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A. Administrative

Proposal to encode Greek Acrophonic characters in the UCS
1. Title:
2. Requester's name: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Project (University of California, Irvine) and UTC
3. Requester type (Member body/Liaison/Individual contribution):
Expert Contribution
4. Submission date:2003-06-11
5. Requester's reference (if applicable):
6. This is a complete proposal:
B. Technical - General
1. (Choose one of the following:)
a. This proposal is for a new script (set of characters):
Yes
Proposed name of script:.
Ancient Greek Numerical Characters (10140-10174)
b. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing block:
Name of the existing block:
2. Number of characters in proposal:
53
3. Proposed category (see section II, Character Categories):
Category C
4. Proposed Level of Implementation (1, 2 or 3) (see clause 14, ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000):
Level 1Is a rationale provided for the choice?
Yes
If Yes, reference:
No combining characters
5. Is a repertoire including character names provided?
Yesa. If YES, are the names in accordance with the 'character naming guidelines
in Annex L of ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000?
Yes
b. Are the character shapes attached in a legible form suitable for review?
Yes
6. Who will provide the appropriate computerized font (ordered preference: True Type, or PostScript format) for
publishing the standard?
David Perry and TLG Project (True Type)If available now, identify source(s) for the font (include address, e-mail, ftp-site, etc.) and indicate the tools
used:
TLG Project, mcpantel@uci.edu
a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries, descriptive texts etc.) provided? Yes
b. Are published examples of use (such as samples from newspapers, magazines, or other sources)of proposed characters attached?
Yes
8. Special encoding issues:
Does the proposal address other aspects of character data processing (if applicable) such as input, presentation, sorting,searching, indexing, transliteration etc. (if yes please enclose information)?
No
9. Additional Information:
All characters have the Nl property
Submitters are invited to provide any additional information about Properties of the proposed Character(s) or Script that will assist incorrect understanding of and correct linguistic processing of the proposed character(s) or script. Examples of such properties are:Casing information, Numeric information, Currency information, Display behaviour information such as line breaks, widths etc.,
Combining behaviour, Spacing behaviour, Directional behaviour, Default Collation behaviour, relevance in Mark Up contexts,
Compatibility equivalence and other Unicode normalization related information. See the Unicode standard at
http://www.unicode.org for such information on other scripts. Also see
http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html and associated Unicode Technical Reports for
information needed for consideration by the Unicode Technical Committee for inclusion in the Unicode Standard.

1Form number: N2352-F (Original 1994-10-14; Revised 1995-01, 1995-04, 1996-04, 1996-08, 1999-03, 2001-05, 2001-09)-1-

C. Technical - Justification
1. Has this proposal for addition of character(s) been submitted before?
No
If YES explain _________________________________________________________________________
2. Has contact been made to members of the user community (for example: National Body,
user groups of the script or characters, other experts, etc.)?
Yes
If YES, with whom?

The TLG has been in contact with experts in the field of Classics. Earlier versions of this proposal havebeen posted online and received comments by members of the profession. Proposal was reviewed by Dr.
John Mansfield, Cornell University, Professor Jeffrey Rusten, Cornell University, Professor Roger
Bagnall, Columbia University and Dr. Deborah Anderson, UC Berkeley.
3. Information on the user community for the proposed characters (for example:
size, demographics, information technology use, or publishing use) is included?
Scholarly community
Reference: ___________________________________________________________________________

Use varies
Reference:
See proposal
5. Are the proposed characters in current use by the user community?
Yes
If YES, where? Characters are present primarily in ancient inscriptions and their modern editions. Used
extensively by scholars of Greek.
Reference:
See proposal
4. The context of use for the proposed characters (type of use; common or rare) :6. After giving due considerations to the principles in Principles and Procedures document (a WG 2 standing
document) must the proposed characters be entirely in the BMP?
No
If YES, is a rationale provided?
If YES, reference:
7. Should the proposed characters be kept together in a contiguous range (rather than being scattered)? Yes
8. Can any of the proposed characters be considered a presentation form of an existing
character or character sequence?
No
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
______________
If YES, reference: ________________________________________________________
9. Can any of the proposed characters be encoded using a composed character sequence of either
existing characters or other proposed characters?
No
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided?
______________
If YES, reference:______________
10. Can any of the proposed character(s) be considered to be similar (in appearance
or function) to an existing character?
Yes
If YES, is a rationale for its inclusion provided? A few characters are similar but not identical
11. Does the proposal include use of combining characters and/or use of composite sequences(see clauses 4.12 and 4.14 in ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000)?
No
If YES, is a rationale for such use provided?
If YES, reference: _______________________________________________________Is a list of composite sequences and their corresponding glyph images (graphic symbols)
provided?
______________
If YES, reference: _______________________________________________________
12. Does the proposal contain characters with any special properties such as
control function or similar semantics?
No
If YES, describe in detail (include attachment if necessary)______________
13. Does the proposal contain any Ideographic compatibility character(s)?
No
If YES, is the equivalent corresponding unified ideographic character(s) identified? ____________
If YES, reference: ________________________________________________________-2-

Introduction
This proposal contains 53 Greek Acrophonic2 (numerical, non-alphabetic) characters. Acrophonicnumerals are found primarily in ancient Greek inscriptions from Athens and other Greek citystates.3 The Attic system (Attica is the greater geographic area which includes the city of Athens) isthe most common and well-documented. A transcribed inscription from Athens (ca. 451/0 BC)
showing a number of acrophonic numerals is appended at the end of this document.4
The proposed acrophonic characters appear in a large number of ancient inscriptions. They are thestandard symbols used for the representation of weight or cost and have consistently been used inmodern editions of Greek inscriptions as well as various publications related to the study andinterpretation of ancient documents. The proposed characters are already present in existing nonUnicode Greek fonts and used consistently by the scholarly community.
The table Complete Outline of Ancient Greek Acrophonic Numerals below shows all 76 charactersrequired to represent acrophonic numerals in Unicode. Twenty-one of these characters already exist
in the Unicode standard. The proposal includes the characters needed for the encoding of the Attic
acrophonic system—namely characters used in Athens and the surrounding area (Attica)—and nonAttic characters which cannot be considered glyph variants of Attic.
The property for all these characters is “Nl”.

2

The name ‘acrophonic’ from the Greek word “akron” which means ‘extreme’ or ‘farthest point.’ The term implies thatthe initial letter of the word by which the number is called, represents the number itself. E.g. ∆ (=10) is used for ∆ΕΚΑ,
the Greek word for ‘ten.’3

Heath & Toomer (1996) 1052

4

Hiller von Gaertringen, F., Inscriptiones Graecae I Editio Minor (Berlin, 1924) 83-3-Complete Outline of Ancient Greek Acrophonic Numerals
Name
Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
TwelfthAttic Acrophonic Symbol One
Chalkous/

Unicode002FX
7

Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Half

6• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Half Obol
• Troezenian Acrophonic Symbol One Drachma
Example: IG I.151• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Obol
• Troezenian Acrophonic Symbol One Quarter• Orchomenian Acrophonic Symbol One Drachma• Also used in Carystian system as one Drachma
Example: IG I.82
Example: IG I.82

0399

Attic Acrophonic Symbol One

I
Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Drachma
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five8

• Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five Drachmas• Heraeum Acrophonic Symbol One Plethron• Epidaurean Acrophonic Symbol Five Chalkoi• Argive, Acrophonic Symbol Fifty• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol Five Mnas
• Also used in Heraeum, Epidaurian and Troezenian systems as fifty.
Example: IG I.82
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol Ten Drachmas• Thespian Acrophonic Symbol One Drachma ( )• Orchomenian Acrophonic Symbol Ten Drachmas ( )• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol One Fiftieth Drachma
Example: IG I.82
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol Fifty Drachmas
Glyph variants:
Naxos:
Example: IG I.82
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Hundred Drachmas• Thespian, Orchomenian Acrophonic Symbol One Half
• Also used in Orchomenian systeam as one half
Glyph variants:
Argos, Nemea, Epidaurus, Troezen: (archaic glyph variant)
Example: IG I.82
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five Hundred Drachmas
Glyph variants:
Epidaurus:
Cos:
Example: IG I.83
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five Thousand Drachmas
Example: IG I.83
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol Ten Thousand Drachmas• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Mna
Example: IG I.170

10394

Attic Acrophonic Symbol Ten

D
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Fifty

Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Hundred

Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five
Hundred

Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five
Thousand
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Ten
Thousand
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Fifty
Thousand

2
0397

H
3
4
M

• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Twelfth Obol
Example: IG (Inscriptiones Graecae) I.43
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Eighth• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Eighth Obol
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Thousand• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Thousand Drachmas• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol Twenty Drachmas
Example: IG I.85
• Attic Acrophonic Symbol One Quarter Obol
Example: IG I.151

03A7

Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Quarter

Additional Character Names, Glyph Variants, Notes,
Examples

039C• Attic Acrophonic Symbol Fifty Thousand Drachmas• Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five Mnas
Example: IG I.170

5-4-

Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
TalentT

Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five
Talents
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Ten
Talents
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Fifty
Talents
Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Hundred Talents
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Fife
Hundred Talents
Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Thousand Talents
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five
Thousand Talents
Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Stater

!
@
#
$
%
^
&

Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five
Staters
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Ten
Staters
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Fifty
Staters
Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Hundred Staters
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Five
Hundred Staters
Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Thousand Staters
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Ten
Thousand Staters
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Fifty
Thousand Staters
Attic Acrophonic Symbol Ten
Mnas

(
)
_
≤
ﬁ
ﬂ
‡
°

Heraeum Acrophonic Symbol
One Plethron
Andanian Acrophonic Symbol
One Kollybos
Troezenian Acrophonic One
EighthAndanian Acrophonic Symbol
One Quarter• Epidaurian Acrophonic Symbol One Quarter• Thespian Acrophonic Symbol Three• Also used in Hermionian, Tegean and Delphic systems for one
quarter.
• Also used in Naxan and Andanian systems for three
Example: IG I.132
Example: IG I.130

03A4

*

Example: IG I.130
Example: IG I.132
Example: IG I.130
Example: IG I.152
Example: IG I.152
Example: IG I2.342• Epidaurean Acrophonic Symbol One Chalkous
Glyph Variants:
Thespiae:
Example: IG I.135
Example: IG I.163

03A3

Example: IG I.163
Example: IG I.163
Example: IG I2.347
Example: IG I2.347
Example: IG I2.347
Example: IG I2.347
Example: IG I2.347• Thespian Acrophonic Symbol Ten Thousand
Glyph Variants:
Tegea:
Messene:Andania, Stratus:
Example: IG I.163• Epidaurean Acrophonic Symbol Five
Example: IG IV.336
Example: IG V.1.#1532

-

K

◯
>

039A

• Thespian Acrophonic Symbol One• Argos Acrophonic Symbol Ten• Also used in Orchomenian, Carystian systems for one
Example: IG 4.162• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol One Fifth Drachma• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol Ten Mnas
Example: properly a glyph variant of Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Quarter. See. IG V.2.11

25EF

003E

-5-

Andanian Acrophonic Symbol
One Half
Naxian Acrophonic Symbol
One HalfTegean Acrophonic Symbol
One Half
Troezenian AcrophonicSymbol One Half
Nemean Acrophonic Symbol
One Half
Argive Acrophonic Symbol
One

G
E

0393

• Also found in Epidaurian and Thespian systems for one half
• Tegean Acrophonic Symbol One Drachma
Example: properly a glyph variant of Attic Acrophonic Symbol One
Half. See IG V.1.#1532
Example: IG V.2.11

0395

Example: IG V.2.11



1D215

• Carystian, Acrophonic Symbol One Hundred
Example: IG 4.162
Note: Archaic glyph variant of 039E.
Example: IG IV.67• Also found in Nemean and Troezenian systems for one• Hermionian Acrophonic Symbol One Half
• Heraeum Acrophonic Symbol Ten• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol One Tenth Drachma• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol One Mna• Also found in Troezenian, Carystian acrophonic systems for ten
Example: IG 4.162• Also found in Heraeum and Nemean systems for one
Example: IG IV.316
Example: IG VII.301

<

003C

039E
10110

—
Argive Acrophonic Symbol
One
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
One
Hermionian AcrophonicSymbol One
Epidaurean AcrophonicSymbol Two
Epidaurean AcrophonicSymbol Three
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
Two
Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol
One Drachma
Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol
Two Drachmas
Epidaurean AcrophonicSymbol Two Drachmas
Epidaurean AcrophonicSymbol Three Drachmas
Troezenian AcrophonicSymbol Five
Argive Acrophonic Symbol
Ten
Troezenian AcrophonicSymbol Ten

·

00B7

Example: IG IV.137⋮

See note

Note: Not same as 003A. Top dot level with top of uppercase letters.
Design to match 00B7.
Example: IG IV.316
Note: Proposed separately as a papyrological character. Design tomatch 00B7.
Example: IG IV.316
Example: IG IV.299

Ζ• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol Fifty Mnas
Example: Tod (1936-7) 257• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol One Hundred Mnas
Example: Tod (1936-7) 257
Note: Top line level with top of uppercase letters, therefore not thesame as 10111. Further, cannot be regarded as a glyph variant as they
will occur in the same texts as each other.
Example: IG IV.316
Note: Top line level with top of uppercase letters.
Example: IG IV.162• Also found at Tegea
Example: IG 4.163• Also found at Nemea and Heraeum
Example: IG IV.79• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol Four Drachmas• Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol Two Hundred Mnas
Example: IG 4.162
Example: IG IV.176
Notes: Not glyph variant of Troezenian Acrophonic Symbol Ten
Units/ Cyrenaic Acrophonic Symbol Four Drachmas above
Example: IG IV.137

0396

10112

2609

Troezenian AcrophonicSymbol Ten
Hermionian AcrophonicSymbol Ten
Messenian Acrophonic Symbol
Ten
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
Ten

Example: IG V.1.2.288
Example: IG VII.301-6-

• Also found at Orchomenus
Glyph Variants:
Thespiae: , , , ,Orchomenus:
Example: IG VII.299• Epidaurean Acrophonic Symbol Five Hundred Units
Example: IG IV.337

Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
ThirtyTroezenian AcrophonicSymbol Fifty0

Example: IG 4.163
Notes: Not glyph variant of Troezenian Acrophonic Symbol Fifty /Epidaurean Acrophonic Symbol Five Hundred above.
Example: IG IV.136

Troezenian AcrophonicSymbol Fifty
Hermionian AcrophonicSymbol Fifty
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
Fifty
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
One Hundred
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
Three Hundred
Epidaurean AcrophonicSymbol Five Hundred
Troezenian AcrophonicSymbol Five Hundred
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
Five Hundred• Also found at Orchomenus
Example: IG VII.300• Also found at Orchomenus
Example: IG VII.304
Example: IG VII.300
Example: IG IV.335
Example: IG 4.165• Also found at Orchomenus
Glyph Variants:,• Thespiae:
Example: IG VII.299
Example: Tod (1911-12) 113

Carystian Acrophonic Symbol
Five Hundred
Naxian Acrophonic Symbol
Five Hundred
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
One Thousand
Thespian Acrophonic Symbol
Five Thousand
Delphic Acrophonic Symbol
Five Mnas
Stratian Acrophonic Symbol
Fifty Mnas

IG XII.supp.104• Also found at Orchomenus
Example: IG VII.299• Also found at Orchomenus
Example: IG VII.575
Example: IG V.1.2.288
Example: IG IX.1.2.41-7-

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TABLE 10140-10174: GREEK NUMERICAL CHARACTERS
1014

1015

0

7

)

1

6

_

2

8

≤

3

1

ﬁ

4

2

ﬂ

5

3

‡

6

4

°

7

5

-

8

!

9

@

A

#

B

$

C

%

D

^

E

&

F

(

-9-

1016

0

1017

TABLE xx01-3F: GREEK NUMERICAL CHARACTERS
hex
10140
10141
10142
10143
10144
10145
10146
10147
10148
10149
1014A
1014B
1014C
1014D
1014E
1014F
10150
10151
10152
10153
10154
10155
10156
10157
10158
10159
1015A
1015B
1015C
1015D
1015E
1015F
10160
10161
10162
10163
10164
10165
10166
10167
10168
10169
1016A
1016B
1016C
1016D
1016E
1016F
10170
10171
10172
10173
10174

Name
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE QUARTER
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE HALF
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE DRACHMA
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTYATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE HUNDRED
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE THOUSAND
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTY THOUSAND
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE TALENTS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TEN TALENTS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTY TALENTS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE HUNDRED TALENTS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE HUNDRED TALENTS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE THOUSAND TALENTS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE THOUSAND TALENTS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE STATERS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TEN STATERS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTY STATERS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE HUNDRED STATERS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE HUNDRED STATERS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE THOUSAND STATERS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TEN THOUSAND STATERS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTY THOUSAND STATERS
ATTIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TEN MNASHERAEUM ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE PLETHRONTHESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE
HERMIONE ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE
EPIDAUREAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TWO
THESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TWOCYRENAIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TWO DRACHMASEPIDAUREAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TWO DRACHMASTROEZENIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVETROEZENIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TEN TYPE ONE
TROEZENIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TEN TYPE TWOHERMIONIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TENMESSENIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TENTHESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL TENTHESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL THIRTYTROEZENIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTY TYPE ONE
TROEZENIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTY TYPE TWOHERMIONIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTYTHESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FOFTYTHESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE HUNDRED
THESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL THREE HUNDREDEPIDAUREAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE HUNDRED
TROEZENIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE HUNDRED
THESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE HUNDREDCARYSTIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE HUNDREDNAXIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL 500 FIVE HUNDRED
THESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL ONE THOUSAND
THESPIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE THOUSAND
DELPHIC ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIVE MNASSTRATIAN ACROPHONIC SYMBOL FIFTY MNAS

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Appendix
Example of Attic Acrophonic numbers.5

Example of Epidaurean Acrophonic numbers.6

5

Hiller von Gaertringen, F., Inscriptiones Graecae I Editio Minor (Berlin, 1924) 83

6

Fraenkel, M., Inscriptiones Graecae IV (Berlin, 1873) 328- 11 -Example of Acrophonic Numerals in modern scholarship7

7

Woodhead, A.G., The Study of Greek Inscriptions 2nd edn. (Cambridge, 1981) 110- 12 -