rḫ-p.t

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-11
Primary meaning astronomer
Literal translation knower of heaven
Variants
rḫ-p.t
Edited by
astronomer title

Rarely attested title for an astronomer

rḫ-p.t ꜥšꜣ-ỉḫy | ms ꜣs.t-wry.t

‘The knower of heaven, Ashaihy | born of Esoeris.’

— Sotheby's 14.6.2000 1-2

Genre: inscription
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 300 BCE - 100 BCE

Depauw, M., 2001, A Demotic Stela of an Astronomer, Enchoria 27, 1-2. 1-2

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). rḫ-p.t (Lemma #324). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/324/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). rḫ-p.t (Lemma #324). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/324/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). rḫ-p.t (Lemma #324). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/324/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) rḫ-p.t (Lemma #324), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/324/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac324,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {rḫ-p.t ({Lemma} #324)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/324/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/324/},
}