ꜥ.wy (n) hby

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-09-18
Primary meaning depression
Literal translation house of depression
Variants
ꜥ.wy n hby
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depression astrological concept

Point 180° opposite the exaltation

[ḥr-pꜣ-šty tꜣ] qnḥy.(t) mtw⸗f ṯsy ẖn⸗s | pꜣ gnhḏ n swsw [1]5 pꜣy⸗f ꜥ.wy n hby pꜣ-ḥr-ꜥnḫ [n swsw 15 pꜣ ỉsw pꜣ mꜣy pꜣ-nty-ꜣtḥ]

‘[Jupiter, the] dignity in which it exalts: Cancer in 15 degrees, its depression Capricorn [in 15 degrees; Aries, Leo, Sagittarius]’

— P.Carlsberg 81 Frag. 31 ii 17-18

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: Tebtunis
Date: 2nd cent. CE

A. Winkler, 2016, Some Astrologers and Their Handbooks in Demotic Egyptian, in J.M. Steele (ed.), The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World (Leiden: Brill), 245-286 257

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy (n) hby (Lemma #548). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/548/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy (n) hby (Lemma #548). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/548/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy (n) hby (Lemma #548). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/548/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ꜥ.wy (n) hby (Lemma #548), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/548/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac548,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ꜥ.wy (n) hby ({Lemma} #548)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/548/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/548/},
}