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Here we have another age-old ideogram. In ancient Greece this sign represented the goddess Aphrodite, the principle of beauty and sexual love. As a sign for Aphrodite (and maybe her predecessors Astarte and Ischtar) it was also drawn  and  . Later the same goddess or planet was drawn  .
At the end of the Middle Ages this sign was sometimes used as a time sign by the alchemists to signify night. The sign could also stand for copper although for this meaning it was usually drawn . The sign  is commonly used in modern technical, electrical, and military systems. Sometimes is used for mine on maps.
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