rhwy

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-12-15
Primary meaning night
Literal translation evening
Variants
rhwy
Edited by
night time interval

Term for night in Theban horoscopes

ḥsb.t 4.t ỉbd-2 ꜣḫ.t sw 9 ṯꜣy-wnw.t 11 rhwy

‘Regnal year 4, month 2 of Akhet, day 9, 11th hour of the night.’

— O.Neugeb. 2 1

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Thebes
Date: 1st cent.CE

O. Neugebauer, “Demotic Horoscopes”, JAOS 63 (1943), 115–127. 116-117

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). rhwy (Lemma #299). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/299/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). rhwy (Lemma #299). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/299/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). rhwy (Lemma #299). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/299/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) rhwy (Lemma #299), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/299/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac299,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {rhwy ({Lemma} #299)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/299/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/299/},
}