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> probably some sort of prayer/spell/whatever for it to work better

Or its like a shampoo bottle and it's written there because the carver felt like it.

Exactly. Imagine 2,000 years from now "archaeologists" thinking "rinse, repeat as required" is some kind of ritual incantation on a shampoo bottle.

I would think that the carver would have done a neater job.