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<p>[QUOTE="Van_Poperin, post: 2711853, member: 16501"][FLOAT_RIGHT][/FLOAT_RIGHT]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is amazing! I’m so grateful You were so quick with so much useful information!</p><p><br /></p><p>A few minutes of googling your info, and I found a page on magical gems: “Although these names often look like gibberish in Greek or Latin, some of them are derived from foreign languages such as Egyptian or Hebrew. For example, “Iao” appears to be a Greek adaptation of YHWH, the unpronouncable name of the Hebrew God.” Maybe it’s the same for mine? I will keep looking. If it borrows from Egypt, maybe the figure’s cockerels are uraeuses? I think I’ve seen depictions of Amun-Ra like this? So much reading to do!</p><p><br /></p><p>Again thank you, and thank you all![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Van_Poperin, post: 2711853, member: 16501"][FLOAT_RIGHT][/FLOAT_RIGHT] This is amazing! I’m so grateful You were so quick with so much useful information! A few minutes of googling your info, and I found a page on magical gems: “Although these names often look like gibberish in Greek or Latin, some of them are derived from foreign languages such as Egyptian or Hebrew. For example, “Iao” appears to be a Greek adaptation of YHWH, the unpronouncable name of the Hebrew God.” Maybe it’s the same for mine? I will keep looking. If it borrows from Egypt, maybe the figure’s cockerels are uraeuses? I think I’ve seen depictions of Amun-Ra like this? So much reading to do! Again thank you, and thank you all![/QUOTE]
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