wḥm

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-30
Primary meaning section of zodiac sign
Literal translation repetition
Variants
wḥm
Edited by
section of zodiac sign astrological concept

Refers to the section of 10 degrees occupied by a decan in each zodiac sign.

[pꜣy-ms=w] r tꜣ wḥm mḥ-2.t (n) tꜣ ḏlꜥ ṯꜣy swsw 11 šꜥ swsw 20 r pꜣ ỉꜥḥ mtry r sšm

‘[He who was born] when the second stage of Scorpio, from 11 degrees to 20 degrees, while the moon was in agreement with the (decan) Seshm.’

— P.Lille vi x+23

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

M. Chauveau, 1992, "Un traité d'astrologie en écriture démotique", Cahiers de Recherches de l'Institut de Papyrologie et d'Égyptologie de Lille 14, 101-105 104

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). wḥm (Lemma #630). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/630/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). wḥm (Lemma #630). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/630/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). wḥm (Lemma #630). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/630/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) wḥm (Lemma #630), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/630/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac630,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {wḥm ({Lemma} #630)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/630/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/630/},
}