ḥr-tšy

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-11-01
Primary meaning Mars
Literal translation red Horus
Variants
ḥr-tšy
tšy
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Mars planet

ḥr-tš pꜣ syw mꜣe-ḥs pꜣy

‘Mars is the star of Mashes.’

— O.Strasb.Dem. 521 2

Genre: astronomical list
Provenance: Egypt
Date: Roman

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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḥr-tšy (Lemma #747). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/747/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḥr-tšy (Lemma #747). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/747/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ḥr-tšy (Lemma #747). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/747/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ḥr-tšy (Lemma #747), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/747/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac747,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ḥr-tšy ({Lemma} #747)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/747/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/747/},
}