Michael (metropolitan) of Kyzikos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion before her. On either side the sigla: ΘY : Mή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion before her. On either side the sigla: ΘY : Mή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.
+ΤΟΝ
ΚΥΚΟΥ
ΜΕΜΙΧΑΗΛ
ΣΚΕΠΟΙ
Σ
Τὸν Κυζίκου με Μιχαὴλ σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2190 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 53.7. |
Translation
Τὸν Κυζίκου με Μιχαὴλ σκέποις.
Μay you protect me, Michael, the (metropolitan) of Kyzikos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The inscription consists of two five-syllable verses and seems to represent an attempt at metre; see Eric McGeer, "Discordant verses on Byzantine metrical seals," SBS 4 (1995), 63-69.