kby
Egyptian · noun
Edited by: Andreas Winkler
Last edited: 2024-01-11
Meanings
Literal translation
firmament

1. firmament

1.a firmament

Previously understood to be a constellation.

ḏd m-rnp.t ḏd ḫpr ỉw kby sỉp špỉ ky ḏmꜥ kby šꜥ ms

‘So has "The book of that which is year" said that it is so, in that the firmament controls the "Book of ...". Another scroll: The firmament controls the child.’

— P.Leid. 384 ix 15-16

Genre: literary text Provenance: Thebes Date: 2nd century CE

W. Spiegelberg, 2017, Der Ägyptische Mythus vom Sonnenauge, der Papyrus der Tierfabeln, Kufi. Nach dem Leidener demotischen Papyrus I 384 (Strasbourg)

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). kby (Lemma #364). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/364/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). kby (Lemma #364). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/364/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). kby (Lemma #364). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/364/
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Winkler, A. (2024) kby (Lemma #364), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/364/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
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@misc{zodiac364,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {kby ({Lemma} #364)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/364/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/364/},
}