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Anonymous (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans. Sigla on either side: ̅ΘΥ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

σφρα
γισημι
τηνγρα
φη,λε
π,γν
θι

οὗ σφραγίς ἠμι τὴν γραφὴ(ν) βλέπω(ν) γνῶθι

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans. Sigla on either side: ̅ΘΥ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

σφρα
γισημι
τηνγρα
φη,λε
π,γν
θι

οὗ σφραγίς ἠμι τὴν γραφὴ(ν) βλέπω(ν) γνῶθι

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1715
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1705.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

οὗ σφραγίς ἠμι τὴν γραφὴν βλέπων γνῶθι.

Know whose seal I am by looking at the letter.