sr

Egyptian verb

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning foretell
Literal translation foretell
Variants
sr
Edited by
foretell astronomical term

šsr ꜥnḫ ḥtp r nw=sn ḥnꜥ nṯr.w sr(.w) ḥn.tỉ

‘The one who announces the rising and setting in their times and the gods who foretell the future.’

— 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). sr (Lemma #2070). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2070/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). sr (Lemma #2070). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2070/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). sr (Lemma #2070). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2070/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) sr (Lemma #2070), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2070/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2070,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sr ({Lemma} #2070)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2070/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2070/},
}