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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Van_Poperin, post: 2871606, member: 16501&quot;]I will place this here as a conclusion: this is from Dr. Caitlín E. Barrett of Cornell University: that it is an impression from a stone stylistically around 3rd century; the legs are indeterminate pincers and the heads are seven uraeuses. She was not able to translate the inscription but believes it may exist on other stones and encouraged me to look for examples. Here’s a quote from an email:</p><p><br /></p><p>“You might be interested in the Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database, <a href="http://www2.szepmuveszeti.hu/talismans/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.szepmuveszeti.hu/talismans/" rel="nofollow">http://www2.szepmuveszeti.hu/talismans/</a>, which collects images of “magical gems” from all over the Greco-Roman world. And Chris Faraone has an excellent new book, <i>The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times</i>, which I’d strongly recommend! An older, but still useful, text is Campbell Bonner’s <i>Studies in Magical Amulets, Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian</i>.”</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s a good database; here’s the closest entry I’ve found so far:[ATTACH=full]284285[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]284286[/ATTACH]</p><p>...and to think, I spent nearly two years googling scorpions![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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