Michael Myreleites (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding the sceptre with trefoil in right hand and the globe in left hand. Sigla: Μ|ΙΧ|Α : Μιχα(ήλ). Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.
ΚΕ,Θ̣,
ΜΙΧΑΗΛ
ΤΟΜΥΡ,
λ̣ΕΗΤΙ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Μιχαὴλ τὸ Μυρ(ε)λεήτι
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding the sceptre with trefoil in right hand and the globe in left hand. Sigla: Μ|ΙΧ|Α : Μιχα(ήλ). Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.
ΚΕ,Θ̣,
ΜΙΧΑΗΛ
ΤΟΜΥΡ,
λ̣ΕΗΤΙ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Μιχαὴλ τὸ Μυρ(ε)λεήτι
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.425 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | See PBW: Michael 20561 (citing the edition in Seyrig, p. 123, which gives the family name as Myrelaetes). |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ τὸ Μυρελεήτι.
Lord, help Michael Myreleites.
Commentary
Note that Cheynet published an eleventh-century seal of a Nikephoros Myrelaetes, imperial physician, in "Sceaux byzantins des musées d'Antioche et de Tarse," TM 12 (1994), no. 44.