Runes on Hamiathe's Gift?

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

Has anyone ever tried to translate the runes that are shown on Hamiathe's Gift as shown on the paperback version of The Thief?



It looks like they're these four Greek letter: Ε φ ε χ.

Which, according to Google translate, as one word it's "Effec".....

Or, separately it's a capital E, an f or ph, lower case e, and then a kh. E f e k?

Does that mean anything to anyone? Are they just random letters or is there a deeper meaning??

Comments

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

I remember looking for this in the past and coming up empty. :/ My theory at the time was that it was somehow connected to the word "Eddis".

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking that too...

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

I wonder if MWT ever laughs at us and our magnifying glasses, going up and down every inch of her books, looking for hidden meanings, seeing shapes in every shadow...? 0:)

[mikkaybear.livejournal.com]

When I typed the letters into Google, it translated it as "henceforth"!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear... I never even noticed there was writing before!

In the book it's described as strange writing no one can read, right? But the symbols are used to identify the stone. So, do they mean anything? Maybe, it's an old word for Eddis?

[manderelee.livejournal.com]

Well, it's obvious! It's the expectation of the product of the golden ratio, a random error, and the Euler characteristic. It most likely defines the ever elusive secret to immortality. Huh, who knew it was this simple?

[(Anonymous)]

According to the text, the runes on Hamiathes’s Gift are Hephestia’s ancient name.
The magus flipped it over so that he could see the lettering carved there, the four symbols of Hephestia’s ancient name. P.99 The Thief eBook.

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

Yes, but HOW do these symbols make Hephestia's name? That's what I'm curious about.