nṯr-twꜣ

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-11
Primary meaning Venus
Literal translation morning god
Variants
nṯr-twꜣ
nṯr-t(w)ꜣ
nṯr-tꜣy
nṯr
twꜣ
nṯr-twy
? The Demotic group does not have a clear reading
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Venus planet

pꜣ nṯr-twy | ḥr-sꜣ-ỉs.t pꜣy

‘Venus is | Harsiese’

— O.Strasb.Dem. 521 3-4

Genre: astronomical list
Provenance: Egypt
Date: Roman

Neugebauer, O., 1943. Demotic Horoscopes, Journal of the American Oriental Society 63, 121–122. 121

pꜣ-rꜥ kꜣ 4 (pꜣ)-nṯr-(twꜣ)

‘Sun (in) Taurus 4°: (the terms) of Venus.’

— ANAshm.Mus.D.O. 633 3

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Athribis
Date: 44 BCE

Winkler, A., 2022. The First zodiac Sign and the Daimon: The Advent of an Astrological Tradition and Seven Elaborate Horoscopes, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 51: 305

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). nṯr-twꜣ (Lemma #746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/746/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). nṯr-twꜣ (Lemma #746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/746/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). nṯr-twꜣ (Lemma #746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/746/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) nṯr-twꜣ (Lemma #746), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/746/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac746,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {nṯr-twꜣ ({Lemma} #746)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/746/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/746/},
}