crux ansata
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of crux ansata
New Latin, literally: cross with a handle
Example Sentences
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Upon page 46 is another instance of the crux ansata being attached to the solar serpent issuing from the sun's disc.
From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by John Denham Parsons
It is also called the 'handled cross,' or crux ansata.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman
Behind the altar stands a personage whose sex is not defined; the right hand, which is raised, holds a patera, while the left, which falls along the hip, has the ankh or crux ansata.
From History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson
Sometimes one or more of these contain objects as if they were gifts sent by the god; amongst other objects, the crux ansata is shown conspicuously.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman
The name that it technically bears is crux ansata, or "the cross with a handle."
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman
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