sun disk

noun

1. the disk of the sun.
2. a representation of this, especially in religious symbolism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sun disk¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The 18th-dynasty pharaoh rejected Amun, Osiris and Egypt’s traditional gods in favor of a single disembodied creator-essence, Aten, or the sun disk.

From New York Times

Closing the temples of the powerful priesthood of Amon, this royal Egyptian heretic established the state cult of a godhead embodied in the sun disk, or Aton.

From Time Magazine Archive

They probably borrowed the halo from the traditional Iranian sun disk that symbolized the heavenly light of Ahura Mazdah.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each wore the mystic crown, the sun disk with the protecting uraei, the twin cobras, sacred to Amun.

From Project Gutenberg

The pillars supporting the roof were gold, and at the peak of each pillar the ram's head, above which was the sun disk, and a single cobra seeming to view with disdain those before him.

From Project Gutenberg