Dale: "Tony do Bond? Idris Elba’s able, sir – did nobody note, lad?"
"Now, I am a bore, tool, fool, an aloof looter." ~Obama (I Won)
And-
Posted on 01/02/2015 3:24:34 PM PST by BenLurkin
An ancient, two-sided amulet uncovered in Cyprus contains a 59-letter inscription that reads the same backwards as it does forwards.
Archaeologists discovered the amulet, which is roughly 1,500 years old, at the ancient city of Nea Paphos in southwest Cyprus.
One side of the amulet has several images, including a bandaged mummy (likely representing the Egyptian god Osiris) lying on a boat and an image of Harpocrates, the god of silence, who is shown sitting on a stool while holding his right hand up to his lips. Strangely, the amulet also displays a mythical dog-headed creature called a cynocephalus, which is shown holding a paw up to its lips, as if mimicking Harpocrates' gesture.
On the other side of the amulet is an inscription, written in Greek, that reads the same backwards as it does forwards, making it a palindrome. It reads:
ΙΑΕW
ΒΑΦΡΕΝΕΜ
ΟΥΝΟΘΙΛΑΡΙ
ΚΝΙΦΙΑΕΥΕ
ΑΙΦΙΝΚΙΡΑΛ
ΙΘΟΝΥΟΜΕ
ΝΕΡΦΑΒW
ΕΑΙ
This translates to "Iahweh(a god)is the bearer of the secret name, the lion of Re secure in his shrine."
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Some local dialect of Greek?
From the article it looks also like the amulet maker was unclear on the symbology.
BUMP for Palindromes...
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama
Madam, I’m Adam
“Iahweh(a god)is the bearer of the secret name, the lion of Re secure in his shrine.”
Sounds Masonic.
Tulsa night life - filth, gin, a slut!
With a bid of misreading it comes Palin drone..
That is surprisingly good for one I have never heard
WTF ??????????????
Awesome.
Dale: "Tony do Bond? Idris Elba’s able, sir – did nobody note, lad?"
"Now, I am a bore, tool, fool, an aloof looter." ~Obama (I Won)
And-
I see some vague similarities.
Sex at noon taxes.
I’ve seen this before. It translates as “A nomenclator, an ornatrix and a vestal virgin walk into a vomitorium...”
Had to look that one up. Impressive.
Adding that to my favorites
Awesome catch!
“For cryin’ out loud. Another stiff-assed Brit, with your secret codes and passwords. One of these days you guys are gonna learn just to drop it.”
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/date/2015/01
I sure made a mess of that...I wanted to show the similarities of the symbols on the obverse, to the image I had saved of the Regents of Elam and Susa, and forgot to include the link to the blog Centurion316 posted, which is the source of the image.
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