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Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

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

ΟΥ
..ΡΑΓ,
Ε̣Ι̣ΜΙ

οὗ [σφ]ραγ(ὶς) εἰμι

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΗΓΡΑ
ΗΠΑΡ
ΙΣΤΑ
ΣΟΙ

ἡ γραφὴ παριστᾷ σοι

Obverse

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

ΟΥ
..ΡΑΓ,
Ε̣Ι̣ΜΙ

οὗ [σφ]ραγ(ὶς) εἰμι

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΗΓΡΑ
ΗΠΑΡ
ΙΣΤΑ
ΣΟΙ

ἡ γραφὴ παριστᾷ σοι

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3138
Diameter 16.0 mm; field: 10.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1697.

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

Translation

οὗ σφραγὶς εἰμι ἡ γραφὴ παριστᾷ σοι.

The letter will inform you whose seal I am.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)