mw
Egyptian · noun
variant : twtw-n-pꜣ-mw
Edited by: Andreas Winkler
Last edited: 2024-01-11
Meanings
Literal translation
Water
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. Aquarius

1.a Aquarius zodiac sign

(rꜥ)-ḫꜥ mw 22 (rꜥ)-ḥtp mꜣe 22 (tꜣ šy n tꜣ) p.t ḏlꜣ.t 20 (tꜣ šy n tꜣ) | dwꜣ.t kꜣ 20

‘Ascendant: Aquarius 22°; Descendant: Leo 22°; Lake of the Sky: Scorpio 20°; | Lake of the Netherworld: Taurus 20°.’

— ANAshm.O.D. 641.9-10

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Athribis Date: 1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE

Winkler, A., 2022. The First zodiac Sign and the Daimon: The Advent of an Astrological Tradition and Seven Elaborate Horoscopes, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 51 238

2. water

2.a water
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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mw (Lemma #69). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). mw (Lemma #69). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mw (Lemma #69). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) mw (Lemma #69), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac69,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mw ({Lemma} #69)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/},
}