ryr.t

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-11
Primary meaning The constellation sow
Literal translation Sow
Variants
ryr.t
rr.t
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The constellation sow constellation

mỉ ỉr=s m-ḳd n pꜣ ḫpš m-sꜣ tꜣ ryr.t

‘Cause that she makes her travel to Ursa major and the Sow.’

— GEMF 16 xxi 38

Genre: magical text
Provenance: Thebes
Date: 2nd cent. CE

Faraone, Ch. and Torallas Tovar, S. 2022, Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, vol. I (Berkeley CA)

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). ryr.t (Lemma #360). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/360/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). ryr.t (Lemma #360). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/360/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). ryr.t (Lemma #360). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/360/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) ryr.t (Lemma #360), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/360/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac360,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ryr.t ({Lemma} #360)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/360/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/360/},
}