Image:Snoldelev-three-interlaced-horns.svg

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[edit] Summary

A redrawn and slightly schematized version of a symbol found on the Snoldelev Stone. Three horns are interlaced in a pattern similar to incomplete Borromean rings. See Image:Three-Crescents-Diane-Poitiers.png for discussion of other symbols with a similar pattern of interlacing.

SVG version of Image:Snoldelev-three-interlaced-horns.png . Converted from the following PostScript code:

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