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22:02

22:5 · This sign represented the king in the Hittite hieroglyphic system, and was sometimes used for fire in the antiquity. The vertical line, 10:1, signifying oneness, unique being, and authority, is combined with 22:1 for power and divinity.
    Compare with the second next entry sign, a modern traffic sign composed of a triangle with a vertical line which stands for danger.

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