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sun disc

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noun

  1. a disc symbolizing the sun, esp one flanked by two serpents and the extended wings of a vulture, used as a religious figure in ancient Egypt

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An enormous sun disc with a blurry red halo hovers over a vast indeterminate expanse of black and red land.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2010

In “Invocation” of August 1965, a red hot sun disc shot through with yellow is framed in a swirl of black.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2010

His first sun disc, developed several years ago, was copper covered with copper oxide.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the left is an Ashera under a Crescent moon; in the centre is a Masseba under the Sun-star or radiate Sun; and on the right is an altar under a sun disc.

From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by Parsons, John Denham

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