The patterns are graffiti, and not found in natively Egyptian ornaments. They are drawn in red ochre and some are very faint and difficult to distinguish. One early example are five patterns of 19 overlapping circles drawn on the granite columns at the Temple of Osiris in Abydos, Egypt, and a further five on column opposite the building. The design becomes more widespread in the early centuries of the Common Era.
The oldest known occurrence of the "overlapping circles" pattern is dated to the 7th or 6th century BCE,įound on the threshold of the palace of Assyrian king Aššur-bāni-apli in Dur Šarrukin (now in the Louvre). The pattern has found a wide range of usage in popular culture, in fashion, jewelry, tattoos and decorative products.Ĭultural significance Near East Overlapping circles with similar geometrical constructions have been used infrequently in various of the decorative arts since ancient times. It contains 6 circles intersecting at a point, with a 7th circle centered on that intersection. The triangular lattice form, with circle radii equal to their separation is called a seven overlapping circles grid.
This pattern can be extended indefinitely, seen here with hexagonal rings of 1, 7, 19, 37, 61, 91 circles. Of special interest is the six petal rosette derived from the "seven overlapping circles" pattern, also known as " Sun of the Alps" from its frequent use in alpine folk art in the 17th and 18th century. The name "Flower of Life" is given to the overlapping circles pattern in New Age publications. Patterns of seven overlapping circles appear in historical artefacts from the 7th century BC onwards they become a frequently used ornament in the Roman Empire period, and survive into medieval artistic traditions both in Islamic art ( girih decorations) and in Gothic art. Commonly, designs are based on circles centered on triangles (with the simple, two circle form named vesica piscis) or on the square lattice pattern of points. Kind of geometric pattern Example overlapping round circle figuresĪn overlapping circles grid is a geometric pattern of repeating, overlapping circles of an equal radius in two-dimensional space.
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