{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000422",
  "slug": "rings",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/rings/",
  "canonical_name": "Rings",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SIGN",
    "MOTIF"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000973",
      "label": "Signet ring as delegated authority and authorization",
      "classification": "SIGN",
      "definition": "Transfer or use of a ruler’s signet ring recurrently accompanies delegated authority, authenticated action, and authorization in the ruler’s name.",
      "not_always": "This applies specifically to signet/seal functions and royal authorization; the frozen Circle claims govern and reject the separate ring-shape = eternity/endlessness proposal as a biblical code.",
      "scope_note": "This applies specifically to signet/seal functions and royal authorization; the frozen Circle claims govern and reject the separate ring-shape = eternity/endlessness proposal as a biblical code.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000973",
          "statement": "Pharaoh’s signet is placed on Joseph in Genesis 41:42, and Esther 8 transfers the royal signet to Mordecai and explicitly uses it to authenticate decrees in the king’s name; signet-ring imagery therefore strongly supports delegated authority and authorization.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SIGN",
            "MOTIF"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "This applies specifically to signet/seal functions and royal authorization; the frozen Circle claims govern and reject the separate ring-shape = eternity/endlessness proposal as a biblical code.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001402",
              "osis_start": "Gen.41.42",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 41:42",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001403",
              "osis_start": "Esth.8.2",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Esther 8:2",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001404",
              "osis_start": "Esth.8.8",
              "osis_end": "Esth.8.10",
              "display_label": "Esther 8:8–10",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}