Featured Latin inscribed- small object

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  1. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    A2A31A75-3DB4-4428-A50D-7A2436C0E429.jpeg 1FDF734F-B99C-43DD-B823-586A21B770D7.jpeg 29690C09-879B-48AF-A783-9CCFD84BE109.jpeg 0890AC04-51EF-4AE1-A081-99D0686FFBA1.jpeg 1C211258-5ECD-4EA1-819D-15640372F299.jpeg Hi,so what is this? I translated the inscription. Some powerful words (if I got it right) I was thinking maybe a pendant? 3 cm long and just over 1cm wide. Thank you for any comments
     
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  2. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    And the translation was?
     
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  3. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    It must be smaller than that, because I can't see it :D
     
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  4. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    No pics on my end Boland,but it sounds intriguing.
     
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  5. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Ha ha,yes sorry.
     
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  6. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Finally get to see it, but not a clue
     
  7. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Thanks. Probably not so much. Someone will probably know immediately :)
     
  8. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    It reminds me of the center part of the Toyota logo :D
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  9. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Ha ha. Agreed! Very insightful comment:)
     
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  10. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    Top line seems to be 'lived life to the fullest'
    In the second line one part seems to be missing in the photos. Before 'digni' there is an 's' visible, but the rest of that word doesn't appear in the rest of the photos
     
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  11. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    "full of a worthy life conquered by a life worthy of...?"
     
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  12. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    I had it as (probably wrong)
    Victus vita dignitas Vi: A life worth living by force?

    The other line is more challenging: I got a few different versions:
    U plenusa vi s digni vid- U are worthy of full ... or U plenusa vis digni vid - u full force of a worthy way..?

    I don’t know is it Vid? Is it all one sentence or two different sentences? Anyway thanks
     
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  13. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Thanks for giving it a go.
     
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  14. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Thank you for commenting. I will check again. That ‘S’ stands alone or should it be part of the ‘VI’ (that’s before the S) the next word after the ‘digni’
     
  15. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    victus vita ut plenusa
    dignitas vis digni vic
    life lived to the fullest
    the dignity of a worthy victory
    ?
     
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  16. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Very cool piece Boland.Be nice to know the backstory of this intriguing piece.
     
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  17. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Many thanks. Must be something along those lines. I also tried another translator or combination and got a slightly different result.
     
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  18. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Thanks.I agree.It also makes me wonder. Hoping to still learn more. Makes it difficult to research if you don’t even know what it is.
     
  19. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Anyone any idea of what this is? Thank you
     
  20. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Possibly a sword or other blade fitting? Like a Habaki type piece.
     
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