An yi amfani da tsarin lambobi na tsohuwar Masar a Tsohuwar Misira daga kusan 3000 BC [1] har zuwa farkon karni na farko AD. tsarin ƙididdiga ne wanda ya dogara da ninki goma, sau da yawa ana kewaye shi zuwa iko mafi girma, wanda aka rubuta a cikin hieroglyphs. Masarawa ba su da ra'ayi game da alamar matsayi kamar tsarin ƙididdiga. Hanyar hieratic na lambobi ta jaddada ainihin ƙayyadaddun jerin ƙayyadadden, wanda aka ƙayyade ɗaya-zuwa-ɗaya akan haruffa na Masar. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida][ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span>]
An yi amfani da rubutun da ke biyowa don nuna iko goma:
Darajar
1
10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
Miliyan 1, ko da yawa
Rubutun siffofi
Jerin alamun Gardiner ID
Z1
V20
V1
M12
D50
I8
C11
Bayyanawa
Ɗaya daga cikin bugun jini
Rashin shanun shanumara kyau
Kayan igiya
Ruwan lily (wanda ake kira lotus)
yatsan hannu
Tsuntsu
Heh
An bayyana nau'ikan waɗannan dabi'u ta hanyar maimaita alamar sau da yawa kamar yadda ake buƙata. Misali, wani dutse da aka zana daga Karnak ya nuna lambar 4,622 kamar haka:
Ana iya rubuta rubutun Masar a bangarorin biyu (har ma a tsaye). A cikin wannan misali alamomin suna raguwa daga sama zuwa ƙasa kuma daga hagu zuwa dama. A kan asalin dutse, yana daga dama zuwa hagu, kuma alamun suna juyawa. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]
zuciya tare da trachea kyakkyawa, mai daɗi, mai kyau
Babu wata alama ko ra'ayi na sifili a matsayin mai riƙe wuri a cikin ƙididdigar Masar kuma ba a yi amfani da sifili a cikin lissafi ba.[2] Koyaya, alamar nefer (nfr, "mai kyau", "cikakke", "kyakkyawan") a bayyane yake an yi amfani da ita don dalilai biyu na lambobi: [3]
a cikin papyrus da ke lissafin kuɗin kotu, c.1740 BC 1740 BC, ya nuna ma'auni mara kyau;
a cikin zane don Meidum Pyramid (kuma a wasu shafuka), ana amfani da nefer don nuna matakin ƙasa: ana auna tsawo da zurfin "sama da nefer" ko "a ƙasa da nefer".
A cewar Carl Boyer, wani aiki daga Edfu ya ƙunshi "ma'anar sifili" wanda ya maye gurbin girman a cikin lissafi.[3]
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