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A variation of the preceding entry sign  consists in fact of two interconnected  , that is spirals with clockwise rotation (from the center seen). , made up not by lines but by rows of dots, has been found engraved on an amulett of mammoth tooth which is 24,000 years old, and thus must have been engraved by Cro-Magnon mammoth hunters. The sign  , often used to denote the sun, is at the center of the amulet, with two on each side of it.
During the Bronze Age  was an often used graphic structure for decorations of artefacts of all types. In ancient Greece it was common on vases and amphoras, and often signified water or the sea.
An older variation on the same theme is  , found on rock engravings from the Bronze Age in Scania, Sweden. This variation, however, is much more graphically sophisticated, as you will soon realize if you try to draw it.
See also  in this group.
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