Writing in Hieroglyphs: Numbers

It's not that difficult to put our language into the ancient Egyptian alphabet, if you understand how the system works. The following introduction should give you a clear idea of how to write in hieroglyphs.

What do the symbols mean?

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Nom en hieroglyphes
This page, in English and French, will automatically translate your name into Hieroglyphs
Egyptian Language and Script
An in-depth tutorial
Letter to hieroglyph encoder
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What do the symbols mean?

The Egyptian number system was based on 10 like ours, but there were no specific symbols for the numbers 1 through 9. Strokes were used until 10, then the 10 symbol, then more strokes... e.g.

Number	Hieroglyph	Represents
1		stroke
10		cattle hobble
100		coil of rope
1 000		lotus plant
10 000		finger
100 000		tadpole
1 000 000		god holding up sky

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Sources
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