šny

Egyptian verb

Last edited: 2023-06-30
Primary meaning to make a (divinatory) consultation
Literal translation to ask
Variants
šny
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to make a (divinatory) consultation verb

pꜣ gꜣy (n) šny m-sꜣ ⌈pꜣ⌉ ꜥ.wy (n) [...] ⌈nty-ỉw=w ỉr=f (n) pꜣ ⌈rmṯ⌉ mtw=w r ms.ṱ=f šꜥ-ỉr=w pꜣ šn pꜣ twtw nty-ỉw ỉꜥḥ ẖn=f

‘The manner of enquiring after the house of [...] which they will make for the man who will be born. One always examines the zodiac sign in which the Moon is.’

— P.Carlsberg XI 10 11

Genre: li
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. (2023). šny (Lemma #691). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/691/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). šny (Lemma #691). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/691/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). šny (Lemma #691). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/691/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) šny (Lemma #691), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/691/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac691,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {šny ({Lemma} #691)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/691/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/691/},
}