Thread: Another translation request

I have been working on trying to get this translated for a while now and I don't even know what language it is in. It is etched into the blade of a Wade and Butcher that is stamped Sheffield and not Sheffield England so it would be dated to 1897 or earlier. I know of two blades with tis etch. One is mine and one belongs to Manah, an other member here on SRP. I work at the University of Rochester and had several people look at it. I was told what language it is not so I am posting a request here. I was told it is not Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindu or Turkish. I accept these inputs but I wouldn't know for sure other than that I searched a bunch of language alphabets on the net looking for the simplest of the characters and didn't find a match. I'm not even sure which side is up!

If anyone can translate this and provide the language I would appreciate it and I 'm sure Manah would also.