Symbol 42:17

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42:17 ·
The sign
, with an entry of its own below, was adopted by
Christian symbolism and given the name crux ansata or the Coptic
cross. The crux
ansata, or handlebar cross, was also drawn
.
Compare with
in Group 41:b and with
below.
This sign has also been used to represent copper during the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries instead of the more common
.



