Irene Synadene, sebaste (twelfth century, first half)
Obverse
The Mother of God standing, holding the Child in her right arm. Sigla on either side: ̅θΥ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
The Mother of God standing, holding the Child in her right arm. Sigla on either side: ̅θΥ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
σφργΊσ
σεησ
συνῆσ̣
ειρ́ησ
σφραγὶς σεβαστῆς Συναδηνῆς Εἰρήνης
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.17 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2801. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
σφραγὶς σεβαστῆς Συναδηνῆς Εἰρήνης.
Seal of the sebaste Irene Synadene.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Irene Synadene was the wife of the sebastos Manuel Botaneiates, and the grand-niece of the emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Note that the seal of her husband shows the same iconography on the obverse (see BZS 1947.2.1022).
Note the use of accent marks on the reverse.