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Malo M:
Hello girls and bois...

Im from slovenia, first time here :)  but im sure, we are gonna find the answer on my question :)

What the hell is this :D   its looklike pendant... but its very old one... Anyone have some ideas? :)


Thanks for any help.

Best regards

SC:
This is the upper arm of a cross.

It appears to have SILI on it.  Could be ST.LI for a saint??

SC

Mayadigger:
Ave!

IHS or visa versa, is a Christogram - a combination of letters that represent the holy name "Jesus." Early scribes would abbreviate the sacred names of Jesus by using the first two letters of the name, or the first and last letters. For example, the Greek letters Chi-Rho (which looks like our English X and P) was an abbreviation for the name "Christ." Likewise, I (iota) and H (eta) are the first two Greek letters for "Jesus." Sometime in the second century, the third letter, S (sigma), was added, thereby rendering IHS or SHI.

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