Etruscan numerals whether the numbers on opposite faces of Etruscan dice add up to seven, like nowadays. Some dice found did not show this proposed pattern. An aspect of the Etruscan numeral system is that some numbers, as in the Roman system, are represented as partial subtractions. So "17" is not written *"semφ-śar" as users of the Arabic numerals might reason. One instead finds "ci-em zaθrum", literally "three from twenty". The numbers 17, 18 and 19 are all written in this way. The general agreement among Etruscologists nowadays is the following (except about which of huθ and śa were "four" or "six",
The Search for the Dice Man The Search for the Dice Man The Search for the Dice Man was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. It is the official sequel to "The Dice Man", and was published in 1993. Other books by George Cockcroft with the same themes: "The Dice Man", "Adventures of Wim", "The Book of the Die". The book is set 20 years after the end of "The Dice Man", and Luke's dicechild, Larry Rhinehart, has grown up to become a hotshot investor on the stock market. He has totally rejected his father's reverence for chance: he sees it as