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Original Meaning Unknown · reviewed meaning
Two Birds Flanking a Tree of Life — Kyivan Rus’ Temple Pendant
A paired-bird and tree composition recorded on an 11th–12th-century Kyivan Rus’ cloisonné temple pendant.
Original Meaning Unknown · reviewed meaning
Untitled Omega device — Documented Sumerian/Akkadian Motif, Early Dynastic–Old Babylonian
Compact Ω-shaped field mark on Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian seals and plaques; ‘omega’ is a modern nickname, not a period name.
Original Meaning Unknown · reviewed meaning
Wave-Line Band — Slavic Pottery Ornament
An incised or combed wavy-line band characteristic of several early and late medieval Slavonic pottery traditions.
Original Meaning Unknown · reviewed meaning
Wheel Rosette Pendant — Early Medieval West Slavic Contexts
An openwork radial pendant type documented among 10th–11th-century West Slavic round pendants from Poland.
Original Meaning Unknown · reviewed meaning
Wisteria
Wisteria was a recognised nineteenth-century ornamental climber, but the familiar meaning “welcome” is not securely evidenced in the major Victorian flower dictionary checked here and is better treated as a later association.