twtw nty hby

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-21
Primary meaning apoklima
Literal translation zodiac sign which is depressed/desce
Variants
twtw nty hby
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apoklima (?) astrological concept

possible meaning

[ỉw=f ḫpr r wn] sw bꜣn ṯsy | ẖn tꜣ mỉ.t 2.t r wn sw nfr ẖn nꜣ twtw.w nty hby [...

‘[If a] maleficent star exalts | in the 2 paths when a beneficent star is inside the zodiac signs which are depressed’

— P.Carlsberg 81 Frag. 31 ii 3-4

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

Unpublished


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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). twtw nty hby (Lemma #553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/553/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). twtw nty hby (Lemma #553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/553/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). twtw nty hby (Lemma #553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/553/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) twtw nty hby (Lemma #553), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/553/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac553,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {twtw nty hby ({Lemma} #553)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/553/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/553/},
}