Ahat
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Ahat ˁḥˁt noon hour |
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Ahay ˁḥˁy the midday sun |
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Ahat is the ancient Egyptian name for the noon hour , in ancient Egypt called the sixth hour of the day . Ahay is the expression for the highest position of the sun on the ancient Egyptian day .
Aha was used in ancient Egyptian astronomy and referred to the culmination of a dean star . There were three culmination models, the sixth and twelfth hour of the day and the twelfth hour of the night .
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz : Ancient Egyptian star clocks . Peeters, Leuven 1995, ISBN 9-0683-1669-9
- Alexandra von Lieven : Floor plan of the course of the stars - the so-called groove book . The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Eastern Studies, Copenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-8-7635-0406-5