nmt.t

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning path
Literal translation striding
Variants
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sr pr(.t) Spd.t m tp(y)-rnp.t mꜣꜣ=f s m hrw hb=s tpy ỉp m nmt.t=s r tr.w n dhn ỉm mꜣꜣ ỉr(t)=s nb(t) rꜥ nb sr.n=s nb m-ꜥ=f

‘The one who foretells the coming forth (heliacal rising) of Sothis, who observes her in the day of her first feast, who establishes her striding in the times of touching ground (?) who observes all her doings every day. All that she has foretold is in his command.’

— JE 38545 2

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 104-105

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). nmt.t (Lemma #2075). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2075/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). nmt.t (Lemma #2075). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2075/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). nmt.t (Lemma #2075). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2075/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) nmt.t (Lemma #2075), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2075/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2075,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {nmt.t ({Lemma} #2075)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2075/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2075/},
}