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Egyptian Counting, circa July–circa December 1835

Egyptian Counting

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Characters	names	English Explanation
H	Eh	one
H	Ni	Two
H	Ze	Three
H	Teh	Four
H	Veh	Five
H	Psi	Six
H	Psa	Seven
H	a	eight
H	na	nine
H	Tah	Ten
H H	Eh<=>Tah	10 & 2 1 are Eleven or [blank]
H H	Ni=Tah	10 & 2 " Twelve
H H	Ze=Tah	10 & 3 " Thirteen
H H	Teh Tah	10 & 4 " Fourteen
H H	Veh=Tah	10 & 5 " Fifteen
H H	Psi Tah	10 & 6 " Sixteen
H H	Psa=Tah	10 & 7 " Seventeen
H H	A=Tah	10 & 8 " Eighteen
H H	Na=Tah	10 & 9 " Nineteen
H H	Tah=Ni	10 & 2 Tmes 10 " Twenty
H H H	Eh=Tah=Ni	twice ten and one are 21
H H H	Ni=Tah Ni	twice ten and two " 22
H H H	Ze=Tah Ni	twice ten and three " 23
H H H	Teh=Tah Ni	twice ten and four " 24
H H H	Veh=Tah Ni	twice ten and five " 25
H H H	Psi Tah Ni	twice ten and Six "26
H H H	Psa Tah Ni	twice ten and Seven " 27
H H H	A=Tah=Ni	twice ten and eight " ◊ 28
H ◊ ◊ H H	Na=Tah=Ni	twice ten and eight " 29
H H	Tah=Ze	three times ten are 30
H H H	Eh=Tah=Ze	three times ten and one are 31
H H H	Ni=Tah=Ze	three times ten and two " 32
H H H	Ze=Tah=Ze	three times ten and three " 33
H H H	Teh=Tah=Ze	three times ten and four " 34
H H H H	Veh=Tah=Ze	three times ten and five " 35
H H H	Psi Tah Ze	three times ten and six " 36
H H H	Psa Tah Ze	three times ten and seven " 37
H H H	A=Tah=Ze	three times ten and eight " 8 38
H H H	Na=Tah=Ze	[t]hree times ten and nine " 39

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“Egyptian Counting,” [Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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, OH, ca. July–ca. Dec. 1835]; handwriting of William W. Phelps

17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...

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; two 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 Counting” 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 Counting, circa July–circa December 1835
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