πίναξ
pynꜥks

Egyptian noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2025-05-11
Primary meaning Astrological board
Literal translation Wooden board
Variants
pynꜥks
pyngs
pyngꜣ.t
pyngs
pynkꜣ
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Astrological board artefact of astral science

k.t-md.t (n) rs ẖn tꜣ s.t ꜥꜣ(.t) ı͗.ı͗r⸗k sẖ ı͗.ı͗r⸗k pꜣy⸗k pynkꜣ pꜣy⸗k gꜣy-rḫ n.ı͗m⸗w ꜥn r-tm dı͗.t ı͗r pꜣy ḫl gm pꜣy⸗k gꜣy-rḫ

‘Another matter in relation to waking in the great place. When you write and arrange your astrological board and your calculations, do not allow the young boy to discover your calculations’

— O.Narm.Dem. II 82 1-7

Genre: school text
Provenance: Narmouthis
Date: 2nd century CE

Gallo, Paolo 1998. Ostraca demotici e ieratici dall'archivio bilingue de Narmouthis II (nn. 34-99). Quaderni di Medinet Madi 3. Pisa: Ed. ETS

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2025). πίναξ (Lemma #1938). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1938/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2025). πίναξ (Lemma #1938). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1938/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2025). πίναξ (Lemma #1938). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1938/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2025) πίναξ (Lemma #1938), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1938/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1938,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {πίναξ ({Lemma} #1938)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1938/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1938/},
}