Sterling Silver Filigree Anhk 18" Necklace

Nice filigree and diamond cutting on this pendant makes it "glitter & shine" when the light hits it.

The pendant measures 1-3/8" tall x 5/8" wide and will come on an 18" sterling silver box chain with spring ring closure.

All my silver is .925 sterling, it is not plated or hollow.

While the origins of the ankh may be obscure, the meaning is certainly clear - "life". It is with this basic connotation that the sign is carried in the hands of many Egyptian deities.

The ankh may represent the life-giving elements of air and water. It was often shown being offered to the king's lips as a symbol of the "breath of life." Anthropomorphic pictures of the ankh sometimes show it holding an ostrich-feather fan behind the pharaoh in a variant form of this idea. Similarly, chains of ankhs were shown poured out of water vessels over the king as a symbol of the regenerating power of water. Libation vessels which held the water used in religious ceremonies were themselves sometimes produced in the shape of the ankh hieroglyph.