Meskhetyu - Revision history

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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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	File:Digaonalsternuhr.jpg\|Meskhetyu in the middle left of a Decan Star Clock		File:Digaonalsternuhr.jpg\|Meskhetyu in the middle left of a Decan Star Clock
	File:UMa+xx black inv.jpg\|Meskhetyu with the (Babylonian-borrowed) asterisms of a Fox and a Ewe on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt.		File:UMa+xx black inv.jpg\|Meskhetyu with the (Babylonian-borrowed) asterisms of a Fox ([[KA5.A\|KA<sub>5</sub>.A]]) and a Ewe ([[U8\|U<sub>8</sub>]]) on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt.
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			[[File:Mesekhtyu Instrument from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple MET 96.4.8.jpg\|thumb\|Mesekhtyu Instrument from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Temple MET 96.4.8]]
	[[File:~~Example~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~Image that shows the earliest map or drawing~~]]		[[File:Amuletic Knot MET chrDP115760.jpg\|thumb\|Amuletic Knot MET chrDP115760]]
	[[File:~~Example~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~Image that shows~~ the ~~cultural object (e~~.g. ~~in archaeological museum)~~]]		[[File:Model Meskhetyu Implement from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb MET 30.8.8.jpg\|thumb\|Model Meskhetyu Implement from the Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut's Tomb MET 30.8.8]]
	Meskhetyu (... ), The Foreleg [of a Bull, Seth] is an ancient Egyptian constellation.		Meskhetyu (... ), The Foreleg [of a Bull, Seth] is an ancient Egyptian constellation.

	~~<here comes a short explanation: what is the earliest known occurance~~, ~~what does it mean in their culture~~, ~~perhaps were it stems from if e.g. taken over from other roots...>~~		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
			'''Variants'''

	~~==Concordance, Etymology, History==~~		* ...
	~~What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time~~.

	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===

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	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
			This constellation is documented from earliest times on and well identified with the seven stars of the [[:Category:BigDipper\|Big Dipper]] in [[Ursa Major]].

			==== Decan Star Clocks ====
			Decan star clocks (also "diagonal star clocks") represent one of the earliest known systematic methods of stellar timekeeping, as they are preserved from the Middle Kingdom (2100-1800 BCE). During the night, the successive appearance of decans provided a way to divide the night into approximately twelve parts for the twelve hours of the night. These constellations shift successively, so that the Egyptian schema needs to be read diagonally: every ten days, another constellation is considered to rule the same hour, or in other words, each constellation (decan) rules a different hour depending on the time of the year. Hoffmann (2022)<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2022). Comparison of some General Concepts.,in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.). Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy, tredition Hamburg, 542-560</ref> writes: "The pattern of this systematic shift of constellations through the hours of the day within a year is depicted on Egyptian diagonal star clocks, when the sequence of decans was observed in culmination instead of in rising (Symons 2007<ref>Symons, Sarah (2007), A star's year: the annual cycle in the ancient egyptian sky, in J. M. Steele, ed., `Calendars and Years: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient World', Oxbow, Oxford (UK), pp. 1--33.</ref>), leading to a reduction of deviations throughout the year." <gallery>
			File:EgStarClockSarg_BettinaHoffmann.jpeg\|Schema of Egyptian star clock in a coffin lid (CC BY Bettina Hoffmann).
			File:EgStarClockSchema_BettinaHoffmann.jpeg\|Schema of Egyptian star clock: how it works (CC BY Bettina Hoffmann).
			File:Digaonalsternuhr.jpg\|Diagonal star clock in coffins from the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (Coffin of Nacht, probably from Asyut, 11th/12th Dynasty): Hildesheim, Römer und Pelicäusmuseum.
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			==== Ramesside Star Clocks ====

			==== Tombs ====

			==== Dendera Zodiacs ====

	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

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	~~Example~~.jpg\|~~ancient manuscript 1~~		File:Digaonalsternuhr.jpg\|Meskhetyu in the middle left of a Decan Star Clock
	~~Example~~.jpg\|~~modern mapping by author XY~~		File:UMa+xx black inv.jpg\|Meskhetyu with the (Babylonian-borrowed) asterisms of a Fox and a Ewe on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt.
	~~Example.jpg\|ancient manuscript 2~~
	~~Example.jpg\|modern mapping by author AB~~
	~~Example.jpg\|something else ..~~.
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... (... ), [translation] ... ... is an Egyptian name, used in RSC/ ... .

<here comes a short explanation: what is the earliest known occurance, what does it mean in their culture, perhaps were it stems from if e.g. taken over from other roots...>

==Concordance, Etymology, History==
What does the term mean, does it always have the same meaning - was it changed over time.

=== Origin of Constellation ===

=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

<gallery>
Example.jpg|ancient manuscript 1
Example.jpg|modern mapping by author XY
Example.jpg|ancient manuscript 2
Example.jpg|modern mapping by author AB
Example.jpg|something else ...
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== Religion/ Tales/ Mythology ==
mnemonic tales and cultural significance

== IAU Working Group on Star Names ==

== Weblinks ==

* {{NAMESPACE}}

== References ==

* [[References]] (general)

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