The Art and Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance

The main image represents the Ouroboros encircling the symbol of the uterus with the key. We can also see the ligaments and fallopian tubes. Above the uterus, from left to right, is a series of deities: Anubis as a mummy crowned with a solar disk; next is the lion-headed Chnoubis, in the shape of a snake and crowned with four rays; next is Bes, and on the right is Isis holding a cornucopia in her left hand. Outside the Ouroboros is a sequence of vowels: υιουωουωω οοιουωηηιουο. The reverse shows the following two-line inscription: ορωρ|ιουθ.