Sir Alan Gardiner speculated that it depicts a sandal strap, which is also written with the ankh hieroglyph.
Wallis Budge domneva, da simbol izvira kot zaponka za pas matere boginje Izis, ideji se je pridružil Wolfhart Westendorf ki pravi, da sta se oba ankh in vozel Izis, uporabljala v mnogih obredih.