1 Origin: The Key of The Nile or Crux Ansata (Latin Meaning "Cross
1 Origin: The Key of The Nile or Crux Ansata (Latin Meaning "Cross
1 Origin: The Key of The Nile or Crux Ansata (Latin Meaning "Cross
For the book of H. G. Wells, see Crux Ansata. For other or in proximity of almost every deity in the Egyptian panuses, see Ankh (disambiguation).
theon (including Pharaohs). Thus it is fairly and widely
The ankh (/k/ or /k/; Egyptian: IPA: [anax]; understood as a symbol of early religious pluralism: all
sects believed in a common story of eternal life, and this
is the literal meaning of the symbol. This rationale contributed to the adoption of the ankh by New Age mysticism in the 1960s.
The ankh symbol was so prevalent that it has been found
in digs as far as Mesopotamia and Persia, and even on the
seal of the biblical king Hezekiah.[1]
1 Origin
The origin of the symbol remains a mystery to
Egyptologists, and no single hypothesis has been widely
accepted. One of the earliest suggestions is that of
Thomas Inman, rst published in 1869:
It is by Egyptologists called the symbol of
life. It is also called the handled cross, or
crux ansata. It represents the male triad and
the female unit, under a decent form. There
are few symbols more commonly met with
in Egyptian art. In some sculptures, where
the suns rays are represented as terminating
in hands, the oerings which these bring are
many a crux ansata, emblematic of the truth
that a fruitful union is a gift from the deity.[3]
E. A. Wallis Budge postulated that the symbol originated as the belt buckle of the mother goddess Isis,[4]
an idea joined by Wolfhart Westendorf with the notion
that both the ankh and the knot of Isis were used in
many ceremonies. Sir Alan Gardiner speculated that it
depicts a sandal strap, which is also written with the ankh
hieroglyph.[5]
Ankh
HISTORY
2 History
The ankh appears frequently in Egyptian tomb paintings
and other art, often at the ngertips of a god or goddess
in images that represent the deities of the afterlife conferring the gift of life on the dead persons mummy; this
is thought to symbolize the act of conception. Additionally, an ankh was often carried by Egyptians as an amulet,
either alone, or in connection with two other hieroglyphs
that mean strength and health (see explication of djed
and was, above). Mirrors of beaten metal were also often
made in the shape of an ankh, either for decorative reasons or to symbolize a perceived view into another world.
3.2
Bibliography
3.2 Bibliography
Collier, Mark and Manley, Bill. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Revised Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Crux ansata in Codex Glazier
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