twtw n hwṱ

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning masculine zodiac sign
Literal translation male image
Variants
twtw n hwṱ
Edited by
masculine zodiac sign astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

ỉn ỉw=f ḥr wnmy n pꜣ twtw ⌈ṯꜣy⌉ [pꜣ sw]sw ⌈mḥ⌉-1 šꜥ mḥ-12 twtw n ḥwṱ ⌈n⌉ wmnmy

‘If it is on the right of the zodiac sign> from the 1st until the 12th degree, that means male zodiac sign on the right;’

— P.Carlsberg XI 10 12

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. 165

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). twtw n hwṱ (Lemma #690). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/690/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). twtw n hwṱ (Lemma #690). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/690/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). twtw n hwṱ (Lemma #690). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/690/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) twtw n hwṱ (Lemma #690), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/690/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac690,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {twtw n hwṱ ({Lemma} #690)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/690/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/690/},
}