tpy

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-05-27
Primary meaning Aries
Literal translation first
Variants
tpy
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Aries zodiac sign

Alternative name of Aries as the first sign

ḥsb.t 5.t n 22(.t) tpy ꜣḫ.t ⌈2⌉7 (wnw.t) 9.t n hrw ḥr-sꜣ-ỉs.t pa twtw pa ḥr | p(ꜣ)-rꜥ ꜣḫ.t 1⌈4⌉ sbkꜣ wꜣḥ ... … ḥw.t | ḥsb.t 10.t mḥ-1.t | ỉꜥḥ ḏlꜣ.t 22 (ḥr-pꜣ)-štꜣ wꜣḥ | gnhḏ 12 (pꜣ)-nṯr-(dwꜣ) tbt(.w) 12 (pꜣ)-nṯr-(dwꜣ) | (ḥr-pꜣ)-kꜣ ḏlꜣ.t 8 (pꜣ)-nṯr-(dwꜣ) |(ḥr-pꜣ)-štꜣ ꜣḫ.t 3 (ḥr-pꜣ)-kꜣ wꜣḥ| (ḥr)-tšy tpy 8 (pꜣ)-nṯr-(dwꜣ) ⌈wꜣḥ⌉ | (pꜣ)-nṯr-(dwꜣ) rpy.t 12 tꜣy⸗f dny.t ḥꜥ⸗f wꜣḥ | sbkꜣ ꜣḫ.t 14 ⌈tꜣy⸗f dny.t ḥꜥ⸗f wꜣḥ (?)⌉

‘Regnal year 5 of 22, Month of Thoth, day 27, 9th (hour) of the day: Harsiesis, son of Tithoes, son of Horos: | Sun: Libra 1⌈4°⌉: (the terms of) Mercury: Adds | Opposite (?) (the) Sun … | Numbering year 10 First |Moon: Scorpio 22°: (the terms of) Jupiter: Adds | Cancer: 12°: (the terms of) Venus; Pisces 12°: (the terms of) Venus | Saturn: Scorpio 8°: (the terms of) Venus: | Jupiter: Libra 3°: (the terms of) Saturn: Adds | Mars: Aries 8°: (the terms of) Venus: ⌈Adds⌉ | Venus: Virgo 12°: its own terms: Adds | Mercury: Libra 14°: ⌈its own terms⌉: Adds’

— ANAshm.Mus.D.O. 641 1-9

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Athribis
Date: 48 BCE

A. Winkler, 2022, The First Zodiac Sign and the Daimon: The Advent of an Astrological Tradition and Seven Elaborate Horoscopes, Studien our Alt'ägyptischen Culture 51: 267-319 302

first adjective
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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). tpy (Lemma #484). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/484/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). tpy (Lemma #484). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/484/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). tpy (Lemma #484). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/484/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) tpy (Lemma #484), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/484/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac484,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {tpy ({Lemma} #484)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/484/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/484/},
}