Though written in Greek characters, the words SEMES EILAM ABRASAX are probably Semitic in origin: shemesh sun; 'olam secret, occult, hid, eternity, world; Abrasax Abraxas. Hence in combination the phrase may be rendered "the eternal sun Abraxax."

Though written in Greek characters, the words SEMES EILAM ABRASAX are probably Semitic in origin: shemesh sun; 'olam secret, occult, hid, eternity, world; Abrasax Abraxas. Hence in combination the phrase may be rendered "the eternal sun Abraxax."