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A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which
was used in Hieroglyphics as a stylised loop of a rope. In particular,
the circle represented eternity, as circles did in many ancient
cultures (e.g. the wedding ring). The symbol could be stretched
to contain other objects, which were then understood as being
made eternal by the shen ring. Indeed, when it contained a name,
the symbol became the cartouche. The word shen itself means,
in Egyptian, encircle.
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