Hmm, I don't know what I'd call the central spot. But it is certainly weird compared to the other URO's (Unidentified Ringlike Objects). Below are the three items as they appear in the Beinecke scans, without any resizing. I see resemblances but also differences.
The red one is, well, red, while the others are blank and gold (I think?) respectively.
The bump on the red one is similar to that on the gold one.
The red one is much more compact. It would fit almost entirely inside the hole of the other ones, and at the same time its "walls" are actually thicker.
Also, strangely, the weird hand thing appears in the nymph facing this one, but again I don't know what it means, if anything. Notice how the pattern of the plant is interrupted by a white spot?
As for the lack of a serpent and biblical imagery, I agree, it is not there. If we were not dealing with one of the world's most enigmatic cipher mysteries, I would stand firmly on your side. However, as the text does not speak plainly to us, we may expect (or at least consider) the same of the images. So I am exploring the possibility of visually encrypted narrative fragments, just like the text is encrypted. If you do not think this is a possibility, then there is nothing I can do to convince you, and that's okay
(Edit: for an alchemy theory, one might consider gold-silver-copper
)
The red one is, well, red, while the others are blank and gold (I think?) respectively.
The bump on the red one is similar to that on the gold one.
The red one is much more compact. It would fit almost entirely inside the hole of the other ones, and at the same time its "walls" are actually thicker.
Also, strangely, the weird hand thing appears in the nymph facing this one, but again I don't know what it means, if anything. Notice how the pattern of the plant is interrupted by a white spot?
As for the lack of a serpent and biblical imagery, I agree, it is not there. If we were not dealing with one of the world's most enigmatic cipher mysteries, I would stand firmly on your side. However, as the text does not speak plainly to us, we may expect (or at least consider) the same of the images. So I am exploring the possibility of visually encrypted narrative fragments, just like the text is encrypted. If you do not think this is a possibility, then there is nothing I can do to convince you, and that's okay
(Edit: for an alchemy theory, one might consider gold-silver-copper
)