twtw
Egyptian · noun
variant : twtwꜣ
Edited by: Andreas Winkler
Last edited: 2023-10-31
Meanings
Literal translation
image, likeness
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1. image

1.a image

2. likeness

2.a likeness

3. statue

3.a statue

4. zodiac sign

4.a zodiac sign

[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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac163,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {twtw ({Lemma} #163)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/163/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/163/},
}