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Re:Silver amulet is the oldest evidence of Christianity nort... by cvoss on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @02:44PM (#42454198)
I can spot some of the shorthand. I see "Xp" a few times, which is actually imported from the Greek christos, abbreviated to chi-rho.
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Re:Silver amulet is the oldest evidence of Christianity nort... by marc_abonce on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @02:52PM (#42454299)
Also, each ΧΡ (Chi Rho) is preceded by another Christogram that sort of looks like IHS but I'm not sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christogram

Edit: Actually, here's the full transcription in Latin and German: https://archaeologisches-museum-frankfurt.de/index.php/de/?v...

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