The Stretched "shen Ring", The Cartouche
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| Shen ring –(in talons) Cartouche in hieroglyphs |
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The symbol could be stretched to contain other objects, which were then understood as being eternally protected by the shen ring. When it contained the name of the pharaoh the symbol became the cartouche. The word shen itself means, in Egyptian, encircle.
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