=Numbers.=—The numbers =1 to 9= are expressed by short perpendicular strokes, _e.g._, 𓏺 = 1, 𓏻 = 2, 𓏼 = 3, 𓏻𓐰𓏻 = 4, 𓏾 = 5, 𓏿 = 6, 𓐀 = 7, 𓐁 = 8, and 𓐂 = 9. The number =10= is expressed by 𓎆, =100= by 𓍢, =1,000= by 𓆼, =10,000= by 𓂭, =100,000= by 𓆏, =1,000,000= by 𓁨, and =10,000,000= by 𓍶; =tens= up to 90 are expressed by repeating the sign for ten, 𓎆, so many times; hundreds up to 900 by repeating the sign for hundred, 𓍢, so many times; thousands up to 9,000 by repeating the sign for thousand, 𓆼, so many times; and so on. The following extract will illustrate the use of these signs:— I. Ru geese 𓆾𓆾𓍩𓎆𓎆 = 6,820 Khet-āa geese 𓆼𓍣𓐰𓍣𓎆 = 1,410 Turpu geese 𓆼𓍢𓍣𓐰𓍣𓎆𓎆𓎆𓏻𓐰𓏻 = 1,534 Tchau geese 𓍢𓎊 = 150 Mest geese 𓆿𓎋 = 4,060 Water fowl 𓂮𓇀𓎆𓎆 = 25,020 Menāt birds 𓂭𓂭𓂭𓂭𓂭𓆼𓆼𓆼𓆼𓆼𓆼𓆼𓍩𓎆 = 57,810 Paṭ birds 𓂮𓆼𓍢𓍧 = 21,700 Paāsh birds 𓆼𓍣𓎉 = 1,240 Birds 𓆾𓆾𓍢𓍣𓐰𓍣𓎆 = 6,510 ------------------------------------------- Total No. of birds: 𓆏𓐰𓏤𓂮𓆾𓆾𓍣𓎆𓎉𓏻𓐰𓏻 = 126,254 =========================================== II. 𓅧𓈎𓐰𔏇𓐰𓏥𓉻𓐰𓏛 𓆏𓆏𓆏𓆏𓆏𓆏𓆏𓆏𓆏𓂯𓂯𓂯𓆽𓍧𓍢𓎊 Large loaves 992,750. =Fractions= 𓂋𓐰𓏥 = ⅓, 𓐝 = ½, 𓦕 = ⅔, 𓂋𓐰𓎆 = ⅟₁₀, 𓂋𓐰𓍢 = ⅟₁₀₀, 𓂋𓐰𓆼 = ⅟₁₀₀₀, 𓂋𓐰𓎆𓐱𓎆𓐱𓎆𓐱𓎆𓐰𓐃 = ⅟₄₅, etc. =Ordinal numbers= are indicated by 𓎖 placed before the figure, or by 𓏌 placed after it; _e.g._ 𓎖𓏿 = “sixth,” 𓐀𓏌 = “seventh.” Divisions of =Time=.—The smallest fraction was the _ȧnt_, 𓁻𓐰𓈖𓏏𓐰𓇳, =one third of a second=, or “the twinkling of an eye.” Then came the _ḥat_ 𓇉𓄿𓏏𓐰𓇳, =second=; the _at_ 𓄁𓏏𓐰𓇳, =minute=; and the _unnut_ 𓃹𓐰𓈖𓏌𓐱𓏏𓐰𓇳𔋵 =hour=. Twenty-four hours made one =day=, _hru_ 𓉔𓐰𓂋𓅱𓇳𓐰𓏤, ten days made one =week=, and thirty days one =calendar month=, 𓇺𓐰𓂧𓐰𓇼𓐱𓇳. Twelve months plus the five epagomenal days made one vague or =calendar year=, _renpit_ 𓂋𓐰𓈖𓐰𓊪𓐱𓏭𓏏𓆳𓇳. Longer periods of time were:— =Seṭ= period 𓋴𓂧𓐰𓈅𓉳 = 30 years. =Two-Ḥenti= period 𓎨𓎨𓇳𓐰𓇳 = 120 ” =Ḥeḥ= 𓎛𓇳𓎛 = An Age. =Tchetta= 𓆓𓐳𓐷𓏏𓐰𓇾𓐸 = Eternity. We also have:— 𓟯𓟸 = Millions of years. 𓸥𓸥𓸥 = 10,000,000 years. 𓟱 = 1,000,000,000,000 years. [glyph not in unicode] = 10,000,000,000,000 years. [glyph not in unicode] = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 years. In late times the =Sothic Period= and the =Phoenix Period= were used by the Greeks, but there is no evidence that either was known to the Ancient Egyptians.