The standard word for the year is “rnpt” (Gardiner # M4, sometimes with following X1, though it’s generally treated as an ideogram). The word for an aroura is sTA.t. Although WB has some words for divisions (or multiples) of the aroura, I do not find one for 1/4. The glyphs for sTA.t are Gardiner V2 (= V1 + O34) plus two of Gardiner’s X1. The Egyptian year, by the way, was divided into three seasons (Inundation, Growing, and Harvest) not four, so in this context the idea of having a glyph for 1/4 of a year -- and I don't find one -- seems a bit strange.

Lee

PS. I have taken a look at an edition of Horapollo and what he shows as the glyphs for year are actually the glyphs for "regnal year" (Hsbt or rnp.t-Hsbt)(old [erroneous] reading HA.t-zp).



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