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Anna (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with details obscure. No legible epigraphy, but sigla seem to be on both sides. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.

ΘΚΕΘ
ΤΗΔΟΥ
ΛΗΣΟΥ
ΑΝΝΑ

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῇ δούλῃ σου Ἄννᾳ

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with details obscure. No legible epigraphy, but sigla seem to be on both sides. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.

ΘΚΕΘ
ΤΗΔΟΥ
ΛΗΣΟΥ
ΑΝΝΑ

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῇ δούλῃ σου Ἄννᾳ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4524
Diameter 13.0 mm

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῇ δούλῃ σου Ἄννᾳ.

Theotokos, help your servant Anna.

Commentary

Zacos reads an Η at the end of the first line, and thus the less common abbreviation βοήθει; this reading is possible, though of course it does nothing to change the reading of the seal as a whole.