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A: Ouroboros, head to left, encircling a uterus-symbol with a six-bitted key. Above the uterus, a group of deities. On the left: frontal view of Isis, head to right and crowned with the Isis-crown, wearing a long robe and mantle. Right hand raised and holding an unidentified object, left hand holding a small uterus-symbol. In the middle: Bes akephalos, to front, with bent knees; substituting Bes’ head: Harpocrates sitting with knees drawn up, right hand holding a flail, left hand raised to mouth, head crowned with the sun-disk, side-lock of youth visible. On the right: ram-headed figure sitting on a throne, in profile to left, weaeing a kilt. Right arm stretched forward, left arm lowered beside the body and holding the hieroglyph ’ankh’ (Khnum or Amun). Inscription on the uterus-symbol: ιαω → Ἰάω. Beginning below Isis: αεηιουω → The Greek vowel series; between Isis and Harpocrates: ι; between Harpocrates and the ram-headed deity: αω → Ἰάω. Outside the Ouroboros: συο[- -]ρ[.]μερφεργα[- -]αρμαραριο[- - -]ηιαω → part of σοροορ-logos, Ἰάω.
B: Rest of an inscription: [- -]ωρανα[- - -] → <οὐ>{ω}ραν<ί>α. (S. Michel) ‘Heavenly'?
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Michel, BM on CBd-749
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