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Ideograms

Scope note

Conventionalized pictures or symbols that stand for an idea or thing, and not precisely the thing pictured; often not corresponding to one particular word in the language written.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000194301

Broader Terms used

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Equivalent Terms used

ideogram

Created

13yrs ago

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