Maria Kamytzina, sebaste (twelfth century, first half)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla preserved at left: ΜΡ̅: Μ(ήτη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines (a cross above). Border of dots.
Π,
ΓΝΕ
ΑΝΣΕ
ΤΗΝΤ
ΚΑΜΗ
ΖΙΝΑΝ
[σκέ]π(οις), [πάνα]γνε, [Μαρί]αν σε[βασ]τὴν τ[ὴν] Καμη[τ]ζίναν
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans, the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla preserved at left: ΜΡ̅: Μ(ήτη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines (a cross above). Border of dots.
Π,
ΓΝΕ
ΑΝΣΕ
ΤΗΝΤ
ΚΑΜΗ
ΖΙΝΑΝ
[σκέ]π(οις), [πάνα]γνε, [Μαρί]αν σε[βασ]τὴν τ[ὴν] Καμη[τ]ζίναν
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1814 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2157; Andreas Gkoutzioukostas and Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, "The origin and the members of the Kamytzes family: A contribution to Byzantine prosopography," DOP 72 (2018), 173. |
Translation
σκέποις, πάναγνε, Μαρίαν σεβαστὴν τὴν Καμητζίναν.
All-holy One, may you protect the sebaste Maria Kamytzina.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)