nb

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-11
Primary meaning lord, master
Literal translation lord, master, owner
Variants
nb
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lord, master astrological concept

Reference to planet

nꜣ nb.w n tꜣ mỉ.t n rꜥ-ḫꜥ

‘The lords of the ways of the ascendant’

— P.Carlsberg 81 Frag. 31 ii 2

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: Tebtunis
Date: 2nd century CE

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). nb (Lemma #551). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/551/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). nb (Lemma #551). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/551/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). nb (Lemma #551). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/551/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) nb (Lemma #551), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/551/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac551,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {nb ({Lemma} #551)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/551/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/551/},
}