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A very old ideogram for cave, farm, village
or fortress. It appears, for instance, in the mysterious
mound of Kivik (see
).
It is sometimes found on modern maps to signify caves. When turned
to
, it becomes very similar to the Greek letter
omega.
In the US system of hobo signs
means that the
house owner is in, whereas
means house owner is not at
home.
In the form
, as the letter omega in the
Greek alphabet, it can mean an end, the end (by being the last of the letters of the Greek alphabet)
and has been used as a staff of a god.
See also
in Group 42.



