ṯk

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-11-01
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Variants
ṯk
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diagram noun

Could also perhaps be a image of stars

šꜥ ntf=⌈f ṯk⌉ꜥšꜣ.w (n) tꜣy=f sbꜣ ẖr md.t [nb.t nty pḥ] r tꜣ p.t

‘He (Imhotep) explains numerous drawings (diagrams) in his teaching concerning [every] matter [that pertains] to the sky.’

— P.Carlsberg XI 10 11

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. 164

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ṯk (Lemma #713). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/713/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ṯk (Lemma #713). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/713/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ṯk (Lemma #713). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/713/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ṯk (Lemma #713), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/713/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac713,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ṯk ({Lemma} #713)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/713/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/713/},
}