Ancient Amulet Discovered with Curious Palindrome Inscription

> The amulet contains a Greek inscription … which reads the same backwards as it does forwards, a feature known as a palindrome …. Although the translation doesn’t read as a palindrome, the original ancient Greek text does.

I don't know whether to appreciate their devotion to not assuming a cultural background on the part of their audience, or to be horrified that it's necessary to (a) define what a palindrome is and (b) pre-emptively point out that the translation of a palindrome need not also be a palindrome (unlike the translation of a lipogram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void :-) ).

The inscription translates as “Iahweh is the bearer of the secret name, the lion of Re secure in his shrine.”

ΙΑΕW ΒΑΦΡΕΝΕΜ ΟΥΝΟΘΙΛΑΡΙ ΚΝΙΦΙΑΕΥΕ ΑΙΦΙΝΚΙΡΑΛ ΙΘΟΝΥΟΜΕ ΝΕΡΦΑΒW ΕΑΙ

--quoted from Article

Iahweh seems like a Greek transliteration of the Jewish God Yahweh.

The question I have is who is the lion of Re?

I see no evidence for this idea, yet i cannot help but wonder: could this be some sort of ironic and/or humorous observation on the local religiosity? Kind of like some future human civilization discovering I am America and So Can You by S. Colbert and not having any contextual reference?

This was published in 2013:

http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/getdocument.aspx?logid=5&id=c76bdd...

I have no idea why live science is digging it up now.