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Michael deacon (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Linear border.

ΛΟΓΣ
ΣΦΡΑΓ.
·Ζ·

Λόγους σφραγίζω

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Linear border.

ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛΔΙΑ
ΚΟΝ

Μιχαὴλ διακόνου

Obverse

Inscription in three lines. Linear border.

ΛΟΓΣ
ΣΦΡΑΓ.
·Ζ·

Λόγους σφραγίζω

Reverse

Inscription in three lines. Linear border.

ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛΔΙΑ
ΚΟΝ

Μιχαὴλ διακόνου

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3588
Diameter 13.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1043; see also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1322.

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

Translation

Λόγους σφραγίζω Μιχαὴλ διακόνου.

I seal the words of Michael the deacon.

Commentary

Dodecasyllabic.

Bibliography

  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)