Bonner, SMA – PDF, D. 284.

Μ. Μ. 15.43.317

Obv. Ouroboros enclosing the following inscription:

ιεουωηιαηα
ιηωυοθ αβρααμ
ισακ ιακωβ αραχ ια
ω αβραθ ιαω βαρβαρα
διανα . . α αμοραχθι σαλαμ
αξα βαμεαζα σαμαζαμου
δαθιωθαρμαραθεσιστωαβ
αδαλαακαρηβελθιουηθειαθ
αρδηβητακορρουθιεπιστω
ελληιθααθαλλεαμενιωεξ
αιωτοντρωδαανανα
βλαλλμαιασαυαμθ
μεμωηχφεωχθεχ
θιφιχμεηλαθαρ
αβαρωθθαρ.
βιαωθ

Words are separated in lines 2–6 because they contain known elements. After the names of the three patriarchs, read (β)αραχ Ιαω, “Blessed be JHVH,” the beta being omitted by haplography. The word at the beginning of line 5 should have been αιαναχθα (αιαναγβα), which, with the three following words, makes a common magical formula of unknown meaning. The rest is pronounceable, and therefore can hardly be an ordinary numerical cipher; but while the elements resemble those in other magical logoi, they seem not to be exactly duplicated elsewhere.

Rev. Ouroboros enclosing letters, some reversed, characters and stars, six- and eight-pointed. One of the characters is a crux monogrammatica with an extra horizontal stroke; cf. Kraus, Realencykl. d. christl. Altertümer, II, 226, 227.

Onyx, almost circular, 28.5 Χ ca. 27.5.