15.nt

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-12-15
Primary meaning full moon (day)
Literal translation 15th (day)
Variants
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full moon astronomical event

ḫr-ỉr=k=f n-ṯꜣy-n pꜣ hrw | n mḥ-4 n pꜣ wrš šꜥ pꜣ hrw n mḥ-15 nty-ỉw 15.nt pꜣy ỉw ỉꜥḥ mḥ wḏꜣ.t

‘You always do it from the | 4th day of the lunar month until day 15, which is the full-moon day, when the Moon fills the Udjat-eye.’

— GEMF 16 294-295

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) 174


acronychal event astronomical event

8 sw 28 ḏlꜣ.t - ⌈2 0⌉ 1⌈6⌉ 15.nt

‘8 day 28 Scorpio - ⌈2 0⌉ 1⌈6⌉ acronychal’

— P.Monts.Roca. inv. 314 ii x+10

Genre: sign entry table
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 2nd cent. CE

M. Escolano-Poveda, 2018/2019, Astronomica Monserratensia I: A Demotic monthly almanac with synodic phenomena (P.Monts.Roca. inv. 314), Enchoria 36, 1-36. 4; 6.


External links
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). 15.nt (Lemma #449). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/449/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). 15.nt (Lemma #449). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/449/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). 15.nt (Lemma #449). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/449/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) 15.nt (Lemma #449), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/449/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac449,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {15.nt ({Lemma} #449)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/449/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/449/},
}