mtry

Egyptian verb

Last edited: 2023-09-19
Primary meaning to be in accordance with
Literal translation to be in accordance with
Variants
mtry
Edited by
to be in accordance with verb of position

Describes position of celestial body, mostly the Sun or Moon.

[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

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). mtry (Lemma #631). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/631/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). mtry (Lemma #631). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/631/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). mtry (Lemma #631). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/631/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) mtry (Lemma #631), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/631/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac631,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mtry ({Lemma} #631)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/631/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/631/},
}