The Phœnician origin of Britons, Scots & Anglo-Saxons : discovered by Phœnician & Sumerian inscriptions in Britain, by preroman Briton coins & a mass of new history : with over one hundred illustrations and maps
240 PHGNICIAN ORIGIN OF BRITONS & SCOTS
numeration invented and used by the Sumerians, which is admittedly the basis of our own modern system of numerical notation. All the more so is this necessary, as I find that many of the names of our numerals in English, and in the Aryan languages generally, are also derived from the Sumerian names for these numbers, although this fact has not hitherto been noticed. This, therefore, affords still further evidence for the Sumerian origin of the Aryans, and of the Britons and Scots and Anglo-Saxons in particular.
Simple numerals were written by the Early Sumerians by strokes, such as / for 1, // for 2, /// for 3 and so on up to g\—a system which has survived in the Roman numerals up to IIIT, and on the dials of modern clocks and watches. But when engraved on stones, these lower numeral strokes were at first formed by the easier process of drilling, by the jewelled drill worked by a bowstring fiddle, thus forming circular holes, ©, the so-called “ cups.” The numeral One was called by the Sumerians Ana, Un or AS, which is now seen to be the Sumerian origin of our English ‘“‘ One’ (Scot Ame, Anglo-Sax, 42, Old English Oon, Gothic Ein and Aims, Scand. Een, Greek Oinos, Lat. Unus, French Un) ; whilst As is now disclosed to be the Sumerian origin of our English “Ace” (Old English As, Greek Eis, Thais As,
“unity ’). And it is of great significance ae this w ord As, which the Sumerians also used for ‘‘ God ” as “ Unity,’ is the usual title As or Asa, for the F ather-god, in ee Gothic epics, the Eddas, which, as we have seen, are now believed to have been largely composed in Ancient Britain.
Similarly, the numeral “ Two” was called by Sumerians Tab or Dab, which is now disclosed as the Sumerian origin of our English word “‘ Two ’’ (Scot and Anglo-Sax. Twa, Gothic Tva or Tvei, Scand. Tva, Tu, Greek and Latin Duo, Sanskrit Dva—B and V or W being often interchangeable dialectically, as we have seen. The Sumerian reading for “ Three’ is uncertain ; but the numeral ‘‘ Four ”’ reads Gar* and Ga-dur,* which thus equate with the Indo-
+ Nine was also written by the Sumerians as ‘‘ ten minus one,” as it still survived in the Ree n * Br., 11943. * Br, roors, and see below.