Shen ring
Ancient Egyptian symbol / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Shang ring.
In ancient Egypt a shen ring was a circle with a line tangent to it, represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection.
In Gardiner's sign list, it is sign V9.