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A: Ouroboros, with head at top to left, encircling a uterus and key with deities above them. Uterus in the shape of a cupping vessel, ligaments and fallopian tubes visible, the key is seven-bitted. The mummy of Anubis, facing right, holds a was-scepter; an unidentified goddess faces him with hand raised in greeting. On the far left, Isis, wearing crown; on the far right, Nephthys, with her name in hieroglyphs on her head. Both goddesses wear long garments, their winged arms are raised in a protective gesture. Next to the uterus-symbol, the ram-headed Khnum sits on a throne, his head, to left, is crowned with the solar disk, his right hand holds the handle of the key. Inscribed around the edge: "the Soroor formula, partly illegible through abrasion" (Bonner); inside the Ouroboros, around, beginning at top left: (character) ιαια ιαωι εωιω σαβαωθ. To the left and right of the uterus: α|ηι, (character) υ → vocales including variant of Ἰάω, Σαβαώθ, v.
B: Enclosed within an Ouroboros, head at top to right, an inscription in eight lines: ορωρι|ουθιαηω|ω (three characteres) σαβαω|θ (character) ιαηωιεαι|βρρβορπαρ||φορφορβα|ρφορφορ|ραι → ορωριουθ, vocales including variant of Ἰάω (twice), Σαβαώθ, variant of φορβαφορφορβα.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1355
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1355
Michel, DMG, 54.2.k_3.
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