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Egyptian Alphabet, Oliver Cowdery scribe, circa July–circa December 1835

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H	a	Ah	The first Being who exercises Supreme powe[r]
H	pp ph	Pha-e	The first man, or one who has kingly power, or [king?]
H		Pha	A more universal reign, having greater d[o]minion or po[wer]
H H		Pha-ho-e-oop	Royal family, royal blood, or pharaoh, or supreme power power, or king
H		Ho-oop-hah	Crown of a pri[n]cess, or queen, or signifies queen.
H		Zi	Virgin, unmarried, virtuous, or the principle of virtue.
H		Kah-tou=mun	The name of the a royal famil— The female line
H		Zi-oop=hah	An unmarried woman and a virgin princess
H		Ho=e-oop	A young unmarried man, a prince.
H		Zip-zi	A women married or unmarried,.— daughter
H		Ho=e=oop-hah	Crown of a prince, or King.
H		Oan, or ah-e, or Oh-e.	The earth
H		Toan, Tah-e-Taee Tah-e-Ta-e, or Tus.	or water.
H		Iota	The eye, or to see, or sight, sometimes me, myself.
H		Iota-Tou-es-Zip-zi.	The land of Egypt first discovered under water by a woman.
H		Su-e-eh=ni	What other person is that? Who.
H		Ho-e-oop-hah-pha-e.	Reign, government, power, kingdom, or dominion.
H		Zuh=zool-oan.	The beginning, first, before, or pointing to
H		Zub=zool=eh.	In the beginning of the earth, or creation.
H		Zub-z◊◊l <eh>	To be in, or be within— as light in the earth.
H		Zub	First creation of any thing, first institution.
H		Zub-zool	From the first to any stated period after—
H		Zoal Zool	From a fixed period of time back to the beginning or creation

The second part of the first degree.

H	Ah-me-os	God, without beginning or end
H	Aleph	In the beginning with God, the Savior.
H	Albeth	Angels or disemboded spirits, or saints or men after they are raised from the de[a]d
H	Alkabeth	Angels in an unalterable state— Sanctified
H	Alchebeth	Ministers of God, high priests, Kings.
H	Alchebeth Alchibeth	Ministers of God, less, or under the high priests
H	Alkabeth Alkobeth	Ministers not ordained of God, sinful
H	Alkibeth Alkubeth	Ministers who are less sinful for want of power
H	Baeth	The name of all mankind, man, or men.
H	Baeth-ka	Adam, or the first man, or first king
H	Baeth-kee	The next from Adam, one ordained under him.
H	Baeth-ki	The lineage <third ordaind> King under Adam. third patriarck
H	Baeth-ka	The forth from Adam

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Egyptian Alphabet, [Kirtland

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, OH, ca. July–ca. Dec. 1835]; handwriting of Oliver Cowdery

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; five pages; Kirtland Egyptian Papers, CHL. Includes archival notations.

Note: When an Egyptian hieratic character appears on the manuscript, it is represented by a stylized “H” in the transcript. The transcript of “Egyptian Alphabet” presented here is used with permission of Brian M. Hauglid, associate professor of ancient scripture, Brigham Young University. Hauglid is preparing a collection of JS Egyptian materials, including this document, for print publication.

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Editorial Title: Egyptian Alphabet, Oliver Cowdery scribe, circa July–circa December 1835
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