Bardas Bourtzes (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding the martyr's cross. On either side, traces of epigraphy: ε|ο|ρ|οσ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θ]εώ[δ]ορος. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding the martyr's cross. On either side, traces of epigraphy: ε|ο|ρ|οσ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θ]εώ[δ]ορος. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
̣Ρ̣̣.
μερ
Κ̣λεοσμ
Τ̣υρν
Σ̣κεΠ̣
Βάρδ[α](ν) με Βούρτζ(ην), κλέος μα[ρ]τύρων, σκέπ(οις)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2640 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 177. See also Cheynet-Vannier, "La famille Bourtzès," no. 24, in Etudes prosopographiques. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Βάρδαν με Βούρτζην, κλέος μαρτύρων, σκέποις.
Glory of the martyrs, watch over me, Bardas Bourtzes.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)