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Anonymous (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

A military saint standing. Illegible traces of sigla at right. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


̣Σφρ
.ισειμι
.ηνγραφ,
̣Λεπν
.ο̣Ε̣Ι̣

οὗ σφρα[γ]ίς εἰμι [τ]ὴν γραφ(ὴν) βλέπων [ν]όει

Obverse

A military saint standing. Illegible traces of sigla at right. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


̣Σφρ
.ισειμι
.ηνγραφ,
̣Λεπν
.ο̣Ε̣Ι̣

οὗ σφρα[γ]ίς εἰμι [τ]ὴν γραφ(ὴν) βλέπων [ν]όει

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2042
Diameter 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1708.

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

Translation

οὗ σφραγίς εἰμι τὴν γραφὴν βλέπων νόει.

Know whose seal I am by looking at the letter.