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Kontares (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Linear border.


ΓΡΑΦ,
ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙ

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω 

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Linear border.

ΛΟΓ,
ΤΚΟΝ
ΤΑΡΙ

καὶ λόγους τοῦ Κοντάρι

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Linear border.


ΓΡΑΦ,
ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙ

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω 

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Linear border.

ΛΟΓ,
ΤΚΟΝ
ΤΑΡΙ

καὶ λόγους τοῦ Κοντάρι

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3162
Diameter 15.0 mm; field: 11.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω καὶ λόγους τοῦ Κοντάρι.

I seal the letters and correspondence of Kontares.