Symbol 41a:4

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41a:4 ·
This ideogram is probably
a sun cross
meaning the sun,
sunlight, warmth, or solar energy. It is about 4,000 years old
and was found at excavations of the ancient city of Troy in present day Turkey.
If one removes the cross we are left with
, a
common sign in Japan for sunlight and stars.
Compare
with
found on a
clay cylinder in the Euphrates-Tigris region.



