Shen Ring - The Stretched "shen Ring", The Cartouche

The Stretched "shen Ring", The Cartouche
Shen ring –(in talons)
Cartouche
in hieroglyphs

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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