Carved Bone Pendant, Sun 1 Solar Symbol fertility goddess where they rest in a

where they rest in a sarcophagus which became a site of pilgrimage

1 1/2" x 3/4" x 1/2"

The Sikil is believed to protect the woman's body and reproductive health from attack by pillanes

in allusion to their drunken and amorous habits

Carved Bone Pendant, Sun 1 Solar Symbol fertility goddess where they rest in aCarved Bone Pendant, Sun 1 Solar Symbol A solar symbol is a symbol representing the Sun. Common solar symbols include circles (with or without rays), crosses, and spirals. In religious iconography, personifications of the Sun or solar attributes are indicated by means of a halo or a radiate crown. The iconographic tradition of depicting the Sun with rays and with a human face developed in Western tradition in the high medieval period and became