![]() ![]() Just like words and letters, the numbers could be written left to right, right to left, or top to bottom. For example, the number 123 would have a coil of rope, 2 heel bones, and three lines. The symbols were written together to make up more complex numbers. They used a single line to represent a 1 a heel bone for 10 a coil of rope for 100 a water lily for 1,000 a bent finger for 10,000 a frog or a tadpole for 100,000 and the god Heh for 1,000,000. You can see the symbols they used for numbers in the pictures below. Their number system was based on the scale of ten like ours. The Egyptians also had hieroglyphs for numbers. Like the three lines in a row which mean that the word was plural. Sometimes two or more symbols together had a specific meaning. It gives the masculine meaning to a word "father." One type of determinative was the symbol of a man (see the picture to the right). Determinatives were used to distinguish between these types of words. They sound the same, but have different meanings. In some cases, two words may sound the same but have different meanings. Take a ten question quiz about this page.Other symbols helped with the overall concept of a word or idea.
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