Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,500-year-old amulet in Nea Paphos, Cyprus. The amulet shows a palindrome inscription written in ancient Greek and also features images of the ancient Egyption god Osiris, a cynocephalus and Harpocrates, the god of silence.

The palindrome that reads the same in both directions, reads  “ΙΑΕW ΒΑΦΡΕΝΕΜ ΟΥΝΟΘΙΛΑΡΙ ΚΝΙΦΙΑΕΥΕ ΑΙΦΙΝΚΙΡΑΛ ΙΘΟΝΥΟΜΕ ΝΕΡΦΑΒW ΕΑΙ,” which roughly translates to “Iahweh is the bearer of the secret name, the lion of Re secure in his shrine.”

The artifact was found in the ancient agora that was used to operate as a gathering place for the worship of the ancient goddess of beauty, Aphrodite.

UNESCO noted that Paphos, inhabited since the Neolithic period, was a cult center of worship for Aphrodite and for pre-Hellenic fertility dieties. Furthermore, Aphrodite’s birthplace was Cyprus and a temple had been erected there by the Myceneans in the 12th century BC.