twtw

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-10-31
Primary meaning zodiac sign
Literal translation image, likeness
Variants
twtwꜣ
twtw
Edited by
image noun
likeness noun
statue noun
zodiac sign noun

[twys nꜣ] ⌈twtwꜣ⌉ [n] tꜣ p.t | [pꜣ mꜣy] tꜣ [r]py.t| [tꜣ] ỉḫy.t tꜣ [ḏ]lꜣ.t

‘[See, the] ⌈zodiac signs⌉ [of] the sky: | [Leo] - Virgo | Libra - Scorpio’

— P.Carlsberg 9 1.5-7

Genre: astronomy
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos
Date: Second cent. CE

Neugebauer, O. & Parker, R.A. EAT 3 220-225

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). twtw (Lemma #163). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/163/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). twtw (Lemma #163). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/163/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). twtw (Lemma #163). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/163/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) twtw (Lemma #163), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/163/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac163,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {twtw ({Lemma} #163)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/163/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/163/},
}