sbꜣ(.t)

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-11
Primary meaning teaching
Literal translation teaching
Variants
sbꜣ(.t)
Edited by
teaching noun

Can refer to the content of an astrological manual

šꜥ ntf=⌈f ṯk⌉ꜥšꜣ.w (n) tꜣy=f sbꜣ(.t) 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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). sbꜣ(.t) (Lemma #714). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/714/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). sbꜣ(.t) (Lemma #714). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/714/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). sbꜣ(.t) (Lemma #714). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/714/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) sbꜣ(.t) (Lemma #714), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/714/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac714,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sbꜣ(.t) ({Lemma} #714)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/714/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/714/},
}