ḫpš
Egyptian · noun
Edited by: Andreas Winkler
Last edited: 2023-10-11
Meanings
Literal translation
shank
Categories
constellation
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. Ursa Major

1.a Ursa Major 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. (2023). ḫpš (Lemma #361). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/361/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḫpš (Lemma #361). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/361/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḫpš (Lemma #361). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/361/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ḫpš (Lemma #361), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/361/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac361,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ḫpš ({Lemma} #361)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/361/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/361/},
}