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NUMBERS CARDINAL AND ORDINAL. DIVISIONS OF TIME: THE CALENDAR, SOTHIC PERIOD. CHRONOLOGY.
= Numbers. = -The numbers = 1 to 9 = are expressed by short perpendicular strokes, _e.g._, 𓏺 = 1, 𓏻 = 2, 𓏼 = 3, 𓏻𓏻 = 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: -