Ukutula iyi nshita, abantu balabomfya imisalaba iya misango yalekanalekana. Ku ca kumwenako, icitabo cilanda pali Baibolo citila uo beta ukuti umusalaba wa kwa St. Anthony “wali kwati ni T, iyo bamo batila baifumishe ku cilembo ca tau icishibilo ca kwa lesa Tamusi [uwa ku Babiloni].” (The Illustrated Bible Dictionary) Kwali no musalaba wa kwa St. Andrew, uwaba kwati ni X, e lyo no musalaba waseeka sana, uwakwata icapindama. Uyu musalaba twalekelesha ukulandapo, uo beta ati umusalaba wa ciLatini, e o batila “e musango wa musalaba uo Shikulwifwe afwililepo.”

Ku ca kumwenako, pa filembo fya kale sana ifya bena Egypt na pa fipasho fya balesa babo abaume na banakashi, ilingi line palaba umusalaba uumoneka kwati ni T na kabulungana pa muulu. Uyu musalaba bawita ukuti ansate kabili batila cishibilo ica mweo. Mu kuya kwa nshita, aba mwi calici lya mu Egypt abaletila Bena Kristu ukubikako fye na ba mu macalici yambi batampile ukulabomfya sana uyu musango wa musalaba.

Icitabo cimo ica ba Katolika catila “cimoneka kwati umusalaba balebomfya sana kale ni ulya uo beta ukuti ‘gamma’ (crux gammata), uwaseeka sana ku bena Asia na ku basambilila ifya kushula ifyalebomfya abena kale uo beta mu ciSanskrit ukuti swastika.” (The Catholic Encyclopedia)

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Icikope calengele abena egypt (ica muli ba 1300 b.c.e.) apali umusalaba beta ati ansate, uwali cishibilo ca mweo

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© DeA Picture Library / Art Resource, NY

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Umusalaba beta ati gamma mwi Tempele lya bahindu

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From the book The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art (1897)