ꜥ.wy.w nty ỉr md.t nfr.t

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-09-18
Primary meaning houses of beneficence
Literal translation houses of beneficence
Variants
ꜥ.wy.w nty ỉr md.t nfr.t
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houses of beneficence astrological concept

Designation for the triplicities

pꜣ ꜥ.wy n ṯsy n ḥr-pꜣ-kꜣ tꜣ ỉh̭y.t [n swsw 20 pꜣy⸗f ꜥ.wy n] ⌈hby pꜣ ỉsw n⌉ swsw ⌈20⌉ nꜣ ḥ[t]r(.w) ⟨tꜣ ỉh̭y.t ⟩ pꜣ-twtw-n-pꜣ-mw nꜣy⸗f ꜥ.wy.w n ỉr md.t nfr.t ⌈nꜣ.w⌉ [...

‘The exaltation of Saturn: Libra [in 20 degrees; its ⌈depression: Aries in 20⌉ degrees; Gemini, ⟨Libra⟩, and Aquarius are his houses of beneficence.’

— P.Carlsberg 81 Frag. 31 ii 16-17

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), 245-286 256

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy.w nty ỉr md.t nfr.t (Lemma #549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/549/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy.w nty ỉr md.t nfr.t (Lemma #549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/549/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy.w nty ỉr md.t nfr.t (Lemma #549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/549/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ꜥ.wy.w nty ỉr md.t nfr.t (Lemma #549), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/549/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac549,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ꜥ.wy.w nty ỉr md.t nfr.t ({Lemma} #549)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/549/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/549/},
}