I came across this piece of metal.

 

 

It's upside down.

 

M.P.

Upside down would generally not have a full stop.

the first letter is mor

Translations of ม

Part of speech	Translation	Reverse translations	Frequency help_outline
Abbreviation	m.	เมตร,  ม.,  นาที,  ไมล์,  หยด
	U.	ม.
	Univ.	ม.
Noun	metre	เมตร,  มาตร,  ม.,  มาตรา,  จังหวะ,  เกจ์
	secondary education	มัธยมศึกษา,  มัธยม,  ม.
	meter	เมตร,  มาตร,  ม.,  มาตรา,  จังหวะ,  เกจ์
	secondary school	พิทยาลัย,  โรงเรียนมัธยม,  ม.,  มัธยมศึกษาตอนต้น
	university	มหาวิทยาลัย,  ม.

 

 

The second is a ph sound.   

As said, upside down; the correct way up they are M -  ม ม้า  and aspirated P (Ph) -  พ พาน

Likely abbreviation for:

The University of Phayao (UP) (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยพะเยา) is a university in Phayao Province in northern Thailand.

 

Looks as i the sign is way older than 5 years and the Univeristty of Phayao has only existed for10 years as such.

20 minutes ago, harrry said:

Looks as i the sign is way older than 5 years and the University of Phayao has only existed for 10 years as such.

Wikipedia says University of Phayao established 1995 and stuff rusts pretty fast here, but will admit Google search for ม. พ. does turn up a number of other universities which share the same abbreviation. Knowing where the sign was found would probably help narrow things down a lot.

The U of P was not established in 1995.  Narrwesuan University set  up a College...  Naresuan University, IT Campus in Phayao.which in 2007 became came called Naresuan University Phayao in preperation for the royal decree which established the University of Phayao in 2010

 

facts here

https://www.up.ac.th/en/Intro_history.aspx

20 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

Wikipedia says University of Phayao established 1995 and stuff rusts pretty fast here, but will admit Google search for ม. พ. does turn up a number of other universities which share the same abbreviation. Knowing where the sign was found would probably help narrow things down a lot.

 

 

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On 1/31/2021 at 1:30 PM, JeffersLos said:

It's upside down.

 

M.P.

Indeed.

 

Manhole covers from Pattaya (M.P. = mueang Pattaya, Pattaya city)  show this.

I can never refrain to notice when walking in Pattaya

But the photo seems to show the emblem separated?

Must admit that I only see manhole covers without the dots (.) between the letters and can't remember that detail.

Wish a local could check.

This is a picture of a fancy lid from a 10 year old blog about Pattaya.

It clearly shows Pattaya city in full text on the headline and the abbreviation with the dots.