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# ספר המספר

Sefer ha-Mispar (Book of Number)

Arithmetic textbook that teaches the decimal place-value system with the nine figures "of the Indians" and a sign for zero (galgal).

- **Language:** Hebrew
- **Date:** 1146–1160 CE
- **Author:** [Avraham ibn ʿEzra](https://indike.org/pramana/person/abraham-ibn-ezra)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.ibn-ezra.sefer-ha-mispar](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.ibn-ezra.sefer-ha-mispar) · Pramāṇa
