ankh
{'<entity_0>': 'hieroglyph', '<entity_1>': 'cross', '<entity_2>': 'life', '<entity_3>': 'ankh'}
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The <entity_3> or key of <entity_2> is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in Egyptian art to represent the word for "<entity_2>" and, by extension, as a symbol of <entity_2> itself. The <entity_3> has a <entity_1> shape but with a teardrop-shaped loop in place of an upper bar. The sign is known in English as the "<entity_3>", based on the hypothetical pronunciation of the Egyptian word, or as the "key of <entity_2>", based on its meaning. Gardiner's list of hieroglyphic signs labels the <entity_3> as S34, placing it within the category for items of clothing and just after S33, the <entity_0> for a sandal. Therefore, the <entity_3> was frequently depicted being held in gods' hands, representing their <entity_2>-giving power. As the sign represented the power to bestow <entity_2>, humans other than the pharaoh were rarely shown receiving or holding the <entity_3> before the end of the Middle Kingdom, although this convention weakened thereafter. By extension of the concept of "<entity_2>", the <entity_3> could signify air or water. In artwork, gods hold the <entity_3> up to the nose of the king: offering him the breath of <entity_2>. In some decorative friezes in temples, all three signs, or the <entity_3> and was alone, were positioned above the <entity_0> for a basket that represented the word "all": "all <entity_2> and power" or "all <entity_2>, power, and stability". Egyptian faience, a ceramic that was usually blue or green, was the most common material for <entity_3> amulets in later times, perhaps because its color represented <entity_2> and regeneration. The sign resembles the staurogram, a sign that resembles a Christian <entity_1> with a loop to the right of the upper bar and was used by early Christians as a monogram for Jesus, as well as the crux ansata, or "handled <entity_1>", which is shaped like an <entity_3> with a circular rather than oval or teardrop-shaped loop. Pagans who were present said the sign meant "<entity_2> to come", an indication that the sign Socrates referred to was the <entity_3>; Christians claimed the sign was their own, indicating that they could easily regard the <entity_3> as a crux ansata.
['hieroglyph', 'crosses in heraldry', 'ordinary cross']