ḳnḥy.t
Egyptian · noun
Edited by: Andreas Winkler
Last edited: 2024-02-25
Meanings
Literal translation
shrine
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1. dignity

1.a dignity

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

2. zodiac sign

2.a zodiac sign
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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac85,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ḳnḥy.t ({Lemma} #85)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/85/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/85/},
}