pꜣ 5 sw ꜥnḫ

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-12-15
Primary meaning planets
Literal translation the five living stars
Variants
pꜣ 5 sw ꜥnḫ
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planets noun

sẖ ḥm-nṯr n spd.t ỉmy-r(ꜣ) mšꜥ n ỉꜥḥ wꜥb n p(ꜣ) 5 sbꜣ ꜥnḫ.w

‘Written by the prophet of Sothis, overseer of the moon's movement, and wrist of the five living stars.’

— Graf.Phil. 421 14

Genre: inscription
Provenance: Philae
Date: 3rd cent. CE

Griffith, F.Ll., Catalogue of the Demotic Graffiti of the Dodecaschoenus (Oxford, 1935 - 1937) 26-31


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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). pꜣ 5 sw ꜥnḫ (Lemma #112). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/112/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). pꜣ 5 sw ꜥnḫ (Lemma #112). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/112/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). pꜣ 5 sw ꜥnḫ (Lemma #112). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/112/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) pꜣ 5 sw ꜥnḫ (Lemma #112), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/112/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac112,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pꜣ 5 sw ꜥnḫ ({Lemma} #112)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/112/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/112/},
}