Anastasios Kyritzes (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Basil. Sigla: Ο||ΑΣ|Ι|ΛΙ: Ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλιος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.
ΚΕ̅Θ
ΑΝΑΣΤΑ
ΣΙΤΚΥ
ΡΙΤΗ
Κύριε βοήθει Ἀναστασίῳ τῷ Κυρίτζῃ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2194 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm; field: 14.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Ἀναστασίῳ τῷ Κυρίτζῃ.
Lord, help Anastasios Kyritzes.
Bibliography
- Corpus of Byzantine Seals from Bulgaria (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Cf. Jordanov, Corpus II, no. 390-393. Two other seals in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, listed below, are related to this specimen and must have belonged to the same individual, though they are not exactly parallel to it.