Timeline for What do these Greek words say? Possibly 2nd century
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| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:57 | comment | added | Draconis♦ | @Rafael Do feel free to post another answer of your own! It sounds like you've got another source that neither Lucho nor I used, and competing theories are always fun. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:43 | comment | added | Rafael | You didn't step over. But I'm no longer convinced there is one explanation. Perhaps the best answer is we don't know, but there is a number of theories about it. The paper you cite even says it is not clear whether it is a forgery, and it's currently lost! | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:38 | comment | added | luchonacho | @Draconis You are right. A typo in Wikipedia then. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:37 | history | edited | luchonacho | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:31 | comment | added | luchonacho | @Rafael Please do so! Sorry to have stepped over. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:31 | history | edited | luchonacho | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:31 | comment | added | Draconis♦ | I'm wondering where they got the omega and chi from…they seem to pretty clearly be an omicron and kappa in the image. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:29 | comment | added | Rafael | I was about to write an answer based on this site. It says it's a magic amulet, syncretic in nature, thus the admixture of the Christian Crucifix with a Greek deity's name. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 16:22 | history | answered | luchonacho | CC BY-SA 4.0 |