Polish the hallmark area of the silver item that you are going to be identifying with the jewelry polishing cloth.
Look at the silver hallmarks that are on the Egyptian silver item with the magnifier or jewelry loupe.
Write down or copy the style of the Egyptian silver hallmarks onto the piece of paper. Make notes about any character similarities, styles, and descriptions if hallmarks seem to be symbolic rather than written words or numbers.
Look in the Arabic-English pocket guide to match the word and number symbols from the Egyptian silver item with any of the alphabetic and numerical references shown in the Arabic pocket guide. Write down what the Arabic numeric symbols or alphabetic letters and words mean in English on a piece of paper.
Look in a Middle Eastern Arabic silver information and identification book to see what information you can glean about the Egyptian silver item that you are trying to identify and make notes about it. Look online to see if the hallmarks listed represent any of those that appear on your Egyptian silver item, and make notes. You should now be able to interpret what the silver hallmarks on the Egyptian silver item are saying. To translate the actual meaning of the hallmarks, you will want to do a little more research and reading in the books and research materials that you have.