mꜣꜣ

Egyptian verb

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning to observe
Literal translation to see, to look
Variants
mꜣꜣ
Edited by
to observe verb

mꜣꜣ mꜣꜣ.wt nb(.wt) m p.t m tꜣ wbꜣ-ỉb mꜣꜣ ḫꜣbꜣs.w n nnm n.im=sn

‘The one who observes all that is observable in the sky and on earth, who is taught in observing the stars among which there is no erring.’

— JE 38545 1

Genre: autobiographical inscription
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 330-30 BCE

Altmann-Wendling, Victoria and Marco Stockhusen 2020. Die Statue eines ägyptische Priesters und Astronomen (JE 38545). In Färber, Roland and Rita Gautschy (eds), Zeit in den Kulturen des Altertums: antike Chronologie im Spiegel der Quellen, 103-115. Wien; Köln; Weimar: Böhlau 104

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mꜣꜣ (Lemma #2061). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2061/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). mꜣꜣ (Lemma #2061). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2061/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mꜣꜣ (Lemma #2061). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2061/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) mꜣꜣ (Lemma #2061), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2061/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2061,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mꜣꜣ ({Lemma} #2061)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2061/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2061/},
}