Shen ring
In ancient Egypt a shen ring was a circle with a line tangent to it, represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection.
In Gardiner's sign list, it is sign V9.
| shen šn in hieroglyphs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gardiner: V9 | ||
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