ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ
er kake

Egyptian verb

Last edited: 2024-06-24
Primary meaning to be eclipsed
Literal translation to become dark
Variants
ⲣ̅ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ
ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ
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to be eclipsed astronomical event

ϩⲛ̅ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ ⲙ | ⲫⲁⲙⲉⲛⲱⲑ ⲧⲏⲥ | ⲧⲉⲧⲣⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕ/ | ⲁⲡⲣⲉⲣ̅ⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲛ̅ϫ̅ⲡ | ϥⲧⲟ ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ϩⲟⲟⲩ

hn sou mntafte m | phamenôtʰ tês | tetratês indik/ | aperkake nčp | fto mphoou

‘On the fourteenth day | of Phamenoth on the fourth (year of the) indiction, the sun was eclipsed during the | fourth hour of the day’

— O.Tur.Copt. 38 1-5

Genre: letter
Provenance: Thebes
Date: 7th cent. CE

J. Ray and G. Gilmore, 2006, A Fixed Point in Coptic Chronology: The Solar Eclipse of 10 March, 601, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 158, 190-192. 190


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ (Lemma #579). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/579/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ (Lemma #579). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/579/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ (Lemma #579). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/579/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ (Lemma #579), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/579/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac579,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ ({Lemma} #579)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/579/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/579/},
}