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To: SeekAndFind

I understand but, a sign of the cross on the seal seems odd.

You know more about this stuff than I and probably have an answer.


8 posted on 12/09/2015 8:58:46 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy" 6Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

The cross symbol was used by the Greeks, before Christ.


9 posted on 12/09/2015 9:02:12 AM PST by lacrew
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To: Vendome
From Wikipedia:

Prior to 2000 B.C. the cross symbol, was already in use in ancient alphabets (Paleo-Hebrew [✗], Canaanite, Phoenician) as the letter 'Tau' ('Taw'/'Tav') which corresponds to the modern letter 'T' and meant 'Mark' (Its literal usage in the Torah denotes a wound). It is probably derived from two sticks crossed to mark a place similar to the Egyptian hieroglyph
10 posted on 12/09/2015 9:04:33 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Vendome

It’s an Ankh, the other symbol also looks like a winged scarab or sun. It may have been a seal used by the egyptians to send communication to King Hezekiah which is why it showed up in Israel. (my take)


14 posted on 12/09/2015 9:13:53 AM PST by CJ Wolf
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To: Vendome
The cross looking thing with the loop on top is an Anch (sp), it is an Egyptian symbol.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anch

15 posted on 12/09/2015 9:14:36 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Vendome
Vendome: "I understand but, a sign of the cross on the seal seems odd."

That is an Egyptian ankh, as the article says, "a symbol of life" sometimes adopted & adapted by Christians:

17 posted on 12/09/2015 9:16:03 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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