mrḥšwn

Egyptian noun
loaned from Aramaic

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Marhešwān (month VIII)
Variants
mrḥšwn
Edited by
Marhešwān (month VIII) lunar month, time interval, month

Originally Babylonian month name in Egyptian transcription through an Aramaic source

nysn | pꜣ wr]š ỉbd-4 ꜣḫ[.t ꜣyr pꜣ] wrš tpy [pr.t] šywn pꜣ wrš ỉbd-2 pr.t [r ỉbd 3 ỉs ybr | tmws] pꜣ wrš [ỉbd-3 pr.t] ꜣb pꜣ wrš ỉbd-4 pr.t ꜣll [pꜣ wrš tpy šmw r ỉbd 3 ỉs | ꜥy]mr t[ršy [pꜣ wrš] ỉbd-2 šmw mrḥšwn pꜣ wrš ỉbd-3 š[mw kslw pꜣ wrš | ỉbd-4 š]mw r ỉbd 3 [ỉs kmy] tbṱ [pꜣ wrš] tpy ꜣḫ.t šb[ṱ] pꜣ wrš [ỉbd-2 ꜣḫ.t ꜣtr pꜣ | wrš ỉbd-3 ꜣ[ḫ.t r ỉbd 3 ỉs pꜣ] tš ỉ[š}w[r] tmt ỉbd 12

‘[Nisan: | lunar] month 4 of Akhet; [Iyyar:] lunar month 1 of [Peret;] Siwan: lunar month 2 of Peret [make the 3 months belonging to the Hebrews | Tammuz:] lunar month [3 of Peret;] Abu: lunar month 4 of Peret; Elul: [lunar month 1 of Shemu make the 3 months belonging to | the Am]orite; Ti[shri: lunar month] 2 of Shemu; Marheshwan: lunar month 3 of Sh[emu; Kislev: lunar month 4 of Sh]emu make the 3 months belonging to Egypt; Tebeth: [lunar month] 1 of Akhet; Sheb[at:] lunar month [2 of Akhet; Adar: | lunar month 3 of Ak]het make the 3 months belonging to the] land of Assur: total 12 months.’

— P.Omina iv 10-15

Genre: celestial divination
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos
Date: 2nd century CE; text from 7th century BCE

R. A. Parker, 1959, A Vienna Demotic Papyrus on Eclipse- and Lunar Omina, Providence. 20-24

See also

〈APIN〉 araḫsamna ‘Araḫsamna (month VIII)’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mrḥšwn (Lemma #612). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/612/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). mrḥšwn (Lemma #612). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/612/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mrḥšwn (Lemma #612). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/612/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) mrḥšwn (Lemma #612), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/612/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac612,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mrḥšwn ({Lemma} #612)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/612/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/612/},
}