mšꜥ

Egyptian verb

Last edited: 2024-01-11
Primary meaning to move
Literal translation to go, journey, move
Variants
ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ
mšꜥ
mšy
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going noun

pace noun

journey noun

movement 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., 1935-1937, Catalogue of the Demotic Graffiti of the Dodecaschoenus, Oxford. 26-31


to journey verb of motion

to move verb of motion

go verb of motion

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mšꜥ (Lemma #168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). mšꜥ (Lemma #168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mšꜥ (Lemma #168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) mšꜥ (Lemma #168), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac168,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mšꜥ ({Lemma} #168)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/168/},
}