ḳnḥy.t

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-02-25
Primary meaning dignity
Literal translation shrine
Variants
ḳnḥy.t
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dignity common noun

pꜣy-ms=w r pꜣ nṯr-tꜣy ḥr rꜥ-ḫꜥ n ms.t n grḥ ẖn tꜣy=f ḳnḥy.t

‘The one who was born when Venus was in the ascendant during a nocturnal birth being in its dignity’

— P.Carlsberg 81 Frag. 4, 19

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: Tebtunis
Date: 2nd cent. CE


zodiac sign common noun

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). ḳnḥy.t (Lemma #85). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/85/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). ḳnḥy.t (Lemma #85). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/85/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). ḳnḥy.t (Lemma #85). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/85/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) ḳnḥy.t (Lemma #85), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/85/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac85,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ḳnḥy.t ({Lemma} #85)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/85/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/85/},
}