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sa sign
Sa sign. Pottery with greenish glaze. Label marked '95203 Meroe'. 20cm long. Purchased by Wellcome in 1930. The sa sign is a hieroglyphic symbol meaning protection, which may originally have represented the rolled-up reed map which would have sheltered herdsmen; or it may have been a papyrus 'life vest' for boatmen. It was used either as a sign in its own right or as a symbol held by deities such …
Type of item
- sa sign
Type of item
- sa sign
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- EC403
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:05:38.482Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:09.044Z