ϣⲱⲡϣ

šôpš
Egyptian · noun
Edited by: Andreas Winkler
Last edited: 2025-04-26
Meanings
Literal translation
Arm, foreleg
Categories
constellation
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. Ursa Major

1.a Ursa Major constellation

ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉ ⲧϭⲓⲛⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲛⲡⲥⲟⲩⲛⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ ⲙⲛⲡϣⲱⲡϣ ⲙⲛⲛⲧⲁⲙⲉⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲣⲏⲥ

pentaftamie tcinmout mnpsounrouhe mnpšôpš mnntameion mprês

‘Who makes Pleiades, and Hesperus, and Ursa Major, and the chambers of the south.’

— Job 9 9

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2025). ϣⲱⲡϣ (Lemma #1948). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2025). ϣⲱⲡϣ (Lemma #1948). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2025). ϣⲱⲡϣ (Lemma #1948). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2025) ϣⲱⲡϣ (Lemma #1948), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1948,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ϣⲱⲡϣ ({Lemma} #1948)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1948/},
}