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Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ου
σφρα
γισει
μι

οὗ σφραγίς εἰμι

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

την
γραφ
λεπ
νοει

τὴν γραφὴν βλέπω(ν) νόει

Obverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

ου
σφρα
γισει
μι

οὗ σφραγίς εἰμι

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

την
γραφ
λεπ
νοει

τὴν γραφὴν βλέπω(ν) νόει

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2303
Diameter 18.0 mm; field: 12.0 mm
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.

Commentary

Dodecasyllabic.