text_original: Each panel was formed of scales that overlapped like a serpent's; the scales were roughly hammered gold and silver, richly chased, and studded thickly with gems  without any conjecture she knew them to be precious vessels that should have graced an altar, split, perhaps with a bloody cutlass, and beaten out into irregular plates to gratify some grim humor of the terrible old corsair in the long ago.
text_transcription: EACH PANEL WAS FORMED OF SCALES THAT OVERLAPPED LIKE A SERPENT'S THE SCALES WERE ROUGHLY HAMMERED GOLD AND SILVER RICHLY CHASED AND STUDDED THICKLY WITH GEMS WITHOUT ANY CONJECTURE SHE KNEW THEM TO BE PRECIOUS VESSELS THAT SHOULD HAVE GRAZED AN ALTAR SPLIT PERHAPS WITH BLOODY CUTLASS AND BEATEN OUT INTO IRREGULAR PLATES TO GRATIFY SOME GRIM HUMOR OF THE TERRIBLE OLD CORSAIR IN THE LONG AGO
phonemes: ˈiːtʃ pˈænəl wʌz fˈɔːɹmd ʌv skˈeɪlz ðæt ˌoʊvɚlˈæpt lˈaɪk ɐ sˈɜːpənts; ðə skˈeɪlz wɜː ɹˈʌfli hˈæmɚd ɡˈoʊld ænd sˈɪlvɚ, ɹˈɪtʃli tʃˈeɪst, ænd stˈʌdᵻd θˈɪkli wɪð dʒˈɛmz wɪðˌaʊt ˌɛni kəndʒˈɛktʃɚ ʃiː nˈuː ðˌɛm təbi pɹˈɛʃəs vˈɛsəlz ðæt ʃˌʊdəv ɡɹˈeɪst ɐn ˈɔltɚ, splˈɪt, pɚhˈæps wɪð ɐ blˈʌdi kˈʌtləs, ænd bˈiːʔn̩ ˈaʊt ˌɪntʊ ɪɹˈɛɡjʊlɚ plˈeɪts tə ɡɹˈæɾᵻfˌaɪ sˌʌm ɡɹˈɪm hjˈuːmɚɹ ʌvðə tˈɛɹᵻbəl ˈoʊld kˈɔːɹsɛɹ ɪnðə lˈɔŋ ɐɡˈoʊ.