Egyptian Cross

Japanese: エジプト十字 - えじぷとじゅうじ
Egyptian Cross

…(2) A T-cross, which has a long lower line and a missing upper line, or a Tau cross (or Antoninian cross) because it is the same shape as the Greek letter T (tau). The origin of this cross is said to be the Egyptian cross (or crux ansata), which had a circular handle at the top. In Egypt, it was held in the hands of gods, kings, priests, etc. as the ankh, a symbol of life, and functioned as a talisman that bestowed immortality. It was transmitted from Egypt to Phoenicia and then to all the Semitic peoples, and in Greece it was a symbol of the goddesses Aphrodite and Artemis. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Egyptian cross" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(2)正十字の下方の線が長く,上方の線が欠けているT十字,またはギリシア文字のT(タウ)と同形なのでタウ十字(またはアントニウス十字)とよばれるもの。この十字の起源は,上方に円形の取手のついたエジプト十字(または柄付き十字crux ansata)にあるといわれ,エジプトでは,生命の象徴アンクankhとして神,王,神官などの手に握られていて,不死の生命を与える護符としての機能をもっていた。エジプトからフェニキアに伝わり,さらにセム族全体に広まったもので,ギリシアでは女神アフロディテ,アルテミスの象徴であった。…

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