sꜣḥ

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-11
Primary meaning Orion
Literal translation Orion
Variants
sꜣḥ
Edited by
Orion constellation

tw=w šm pꜣy=k by ỉrm swḥ r-tw wsỉr pꜣy ỉrm nꜣ sỉw.w nty šms n spd.t

‘Cause that your ba-sould goes with Orion, who is Osiris, and the stars, which follow Sothis.’

— P.Rhind I vi 5d

Genre: religious text
Provenance: Thebes
Date: 1st cent. BCE

G. Moller, 1913, Die beiden Totenpapyrus Rhind des Museum su Edinburg (Leipzig)

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). sꜣḥ (Lemma #362). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/362/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). sꜣḥ (Lemma #362). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/362/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). sꜣḥ (Lemma #362). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/362/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) sꜣḥ (Lemma #362), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/362/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac362,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sꜣḥ ({Lemma} #362)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/362/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/362/},
}