ḏmꜥ n wnm-wnw.t

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-10-31
Primary meaning Book of the astronomers
Literal translation Book of the astronomers
Variants
dmꜥ n wnm-wnw.t
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Book of the astronomers noun

Category of instructional texts

...] ỉrm nꜣ ḏmꜥ.w (n) [nꜣ wnm]-wnw.t r ḥꜣṱ (n) pr-ꜥꜣ twtw r-r=w ḏr=w

‘...] with the Books of the astronomers while the heart of pharaoh was content with them all.’

— P.Carlsberg XI 10 1-2

Genre: literary text
Provenance: Tebtunis
Date: 2nd Cent. CE

Quack, J. F. and K. Ryholt, 2019, Petese Interpreting Astrology by Imhotep for King Nechepsos. Copenhagen, 2019, 161-183. 162

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḏmꜥ n wnm-wnw.t (Lemma #688). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/688/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḏmꜥ n wnm-wnw.t (Lemma #688). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/688/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḏmꜥ n wnm-wnw.t (Lemma #688). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/688/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ḏmꜥ n wnm-wnw.t (Lemma #688), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/688/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac688,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ḏmꜥ n wnm-wnw.t ({Lemma} #688)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/688/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/688/},
}