ḫf

Egyptian verb

Last edited: 2023-10-31
Primary meaning destroyed
Literal translation destroyed
Variants
ḫf
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destroyed astrological concept

Refers to planetary influence

ỉn ỉw=f ẖn pr ỉw=f glg gꜣ pr ỉw=f ḫf

‘If it (moon) is in a place which is established or a place which is destroyed’

— P.Carlsberg XI 10 14

Genre: literary text
Provenance: Tebtunis
Date: 2nd Cent. CE

Quack, J. F. and K. Ryholt, 2019, Petese Interpreting Astrology by Imhotep for King Nechepsos. in K. Ryholt and J.F. Quack, eds, Demotic Literary Texts from Tebtunis and Beyond; Copenhagen, 2019, 161-183. 165

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḫf (Lemma #715). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/715/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḫf (Lemma #715). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/715/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḫf (Lemma #715). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/715/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ḫf (Lemma #715), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/715/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac715,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ḫf ({Lemma} #715)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/715/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/715/},
}