Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Visual Works (hierarchy name)
5. visual works (works)
6. [visual works by function]

Narrower term/s

• marks (identifying markings) [NP][+]
  • [marks by function] [+]
    • cancellation marks [+]
      • cancellations (stamps)
    • collectors' marks
    • date marks [+]
      • date letters
    • dealers' marks
    • excise marks
    • factory marks
    • hallmarks
    • marks of origin [+]
      • country of origin marks
    • ownership marks
    • registry marks (printmaking marks)
    • bottle makers' marks
    • countermarks
    • chop marks (coin marks)
    • mintmarks [+]
      • officina marks [NP]
    • officina marks
    • postmarks
    • pseudohallmarks
    • touchmarks
    • press figures
    • makers' marks [+]
      • masons' marks [+]
    • estate stamps
    • call numbers [NP]
    • printer's marks
    • accession numbers [NP]
    • catalog numbers [NP]
    • repository numbers [NP]
    • creation numbers [NP]
  • [marks by location or context] [+]
    • watermarks [+]
      • impressed watermarks
      • shaded watermarks
      • wire watermarks
      • three-plane watermarks [+]
      • light-and-shade watermarks
      • cornermarks
      • [watermarks by design type] [+]
    • back stamps
    • brick stamps
    • glass marks
    • house marks
    • porcelain marks
    • chops (printers' marks)
    • assay grooves
    • turned chain lines
    • chain lines
    • laid lines
    • platemarks
    • livestock brands
    • edge markings
    • machiyotl (sign)
  • [marks by process or technique] [+]
    • punch marks
    • stamps (marks)
    • tool work (printmaking marks)
    • tool marks
    • seals (marks) [+]
      • censor's seals
• emblems (symbols)[+]
  • āyudha
• symbols of office [NP][+]
  • orbs
  • batons (symbols or weapons) [+]
    • récades [NP]
    • bâtons percés
  • crosiers (episcopal) [+]
    • taus (staffs)
  • scepters [+]
    • sono [NP]
  • fasces
  • oriflammes
  • ceremonial staffs [NP] [+]
    • oshe Shango
    • sono [NP]
    • topilli
  • sono
  • chains of office [NP]
  • linguist staffs
  • akrafokonmu [NP]
  • pastoral rings [+]
    • abbot's rings
    • bishop's rings
    • cardinal's rings
    • papal rings [+]
      • rings of the fisherman
  • nun's profession rings
  • pectoral crosses
  • caurī
  • guild chains [NP]
  • thyrsuses
• attributes (symbols)[+]
  • aṣṭamaṅgala
• alphabets (symbols)[+]
  • Cyrillic
  • Greek alphabet
  • Hebrew alphabet
  • Arabic alphabet
  • Armenian alphabet
  • Devanagari
• totems
• memento mori
• manicules

Anotations

Scope note:

Visible signs (which can include figures, such as personifications, or objects) that stand for something else, often something abstract or invisible.