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Old 21-December-2008, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by geonuc View Post
Second, I believe a stellated octahedron requires the two tetrahedra to 'interlink' to the point where the vertices are described by a cube. In other words, that object Thoth is holding is not interlinked enough to be a stellated tetrahedron.
Why not?
it looks just like this, only from a different angle and perhaps with some perspective. The upper parts of some triangles seem to be over-exposed and not visible in the bright background.

The implied 3d object seems to fit the bill and would correspond to a cube.
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