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Makarios monk (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. A decoration above. Border of dots.

  
λο
γουσ
σφρα
γ̣ιζ̣

λόγους σφραγίζω

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

του
ευτε
λσμ.
κα̣ρ̣ˊ

τοῦ εὐτελοῦς Μ[α]καρ(ίου)

Obverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. A decoration above. Border of dots.

  
λο
γουσ
σφρα
γ̣ιζ̣

λόγους σφραγίζω

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

του
ευτε
λσμ.
κα̣ρ̣ˊ

τοῦ εὐτελοῦς Μ[α]καρ(ίου)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1922
Diameter 18.0 mm; field: 12.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1325.

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

Translation

λόγους σφραγίζω τοῦ εὐτελοῦς Μαρκαρίου.

I seal the words of the humble Makarios.