p.t

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-03-12
Primary meaning sky
Literal translation sky
Variants
p.t
ⲡⲉ pe Coptic
Edited by
sky common noun

r dỉ.t ḫpr=f ꜥn n ỉr pꜣ nty pḥ n wš nb r-ẖ(.t) tꜣ ẖ.t nty-ỉw tꜣ p.t smn ḥr-ꜣt.ṱ={w}⟨=s⟩ n pꜣ hrw

‘... in order to allow it to also happen as is fitting at all times according to the manner which the sky is established today’

— Canopus Decree, Tanis 39

Genre: inscription
Provenance: Tanis
Date: 3rd century BCE

S. Pfeiffer, 2008, Das Dekret von Kanopos (238 v. Chr.): Kommentar und historische Auswertung eines dreisprachigen Synodaldekretes der ägyptischen Priester zu Ehren Ptolemaios' III. und seiner Familie.

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). p.t (Lemma #524). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/524/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). p.t (Lemma #524). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/524/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). p.t (Lemma #524). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/524/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) p.t (Lemma #524), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/524/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac524,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {p.t ({Lemma} #524)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/524/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/524/},
}