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There is very little surviving evidence of these numerals. Examples are known of the symbols for larger numbers, but it is unknown which symbol represents which number.

Thanks to the numbers written out on the Tartaria dice, there is agreement about the fact that these are the numbers up to 6 (besides 1 and 5). The assignment depends on the answer to the question whether the numbers on opposite faces on Etruscan dice add up to seven, like nowadays. It is a fact that some dice found don't show this proposed pattern. Rolling dice A die (Old French de, from Latin datum something given or played [1]) is a small polyhedral object (usually a cube) suitable as a gambling device (especially for craps or sic bo). ...

An interesting aspect of the Etruscan numeral system is that some numbers, like in the Roman system, are represented as partial subtractions. So "17" is not written *semφ-šar as English speakers might reason. We instead find <ci-em zaθrum> -- literally, "three away from twenty". The numbers 17, 18 and 19 are all written in this way. A numeral is a symbol or group of symbols that represents a number. ...

The general consensus

Despite the continuing debate specifically about which of <huθ> and <ša> are "four" and "six", the general agreement among Etruscanologists nowadays is now the following:

θu	one
zal	two
ci	three
huθ	four
maχ	five
ša	six
semφ	seven
cezp	eight
nurφ	nine
šar	ten
*θušar	eleven
*zalšar	twelve
*cišar	thirteen
huθzar	fourteen
*maχšar	fifteen
*šašar	sixteen
ciem zaθrum	seventeen
eslem zaθrum	eighteen
θunem zaθrum	nineteen
zaθrum	20
cealχ	30
*huθalχ	40
muvalχ	50
šealχ	60
semφalχ	70
cezpalχ	80
*nurφalχ	90

External links

• http://users.tpg.com.au/etr/etrusk/tex/grammar.html#num
• http://www.lostlanguages.com/etruscan.htm
• http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/language.html