Epiphanios Kamateros (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God with the medallion of the Christ Child. Sigla effaced. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.
.ΕΠΙ̣
.ΝΙΟΣ
Μ,Τ,Ρ,
ΟΓΡΑΦ,
Ἐπιφάνιος Καματηρὸς ὁ γράφων
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God with the medallion of the Christ Child. Sigla effaced. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.
.ΕΠΙ̣
.ΝΙΟΣ
Μ,Τ,Ρ,
ΟΓΡΑΦ,
Ἐπιφάνιος Καματηρὸς ὁ γράφων
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.441 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 17.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 792. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Ἐπιφάνιος Καματηρὸς ὁ γράφων.
Epiphanios Kamateros is the one who wrote this.
Bibliography
- Byzantine seals: from the collection of George Zacos
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin
- Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel mit Familiennamen aus der Sammlung des Numismatischen Museums Athen
- Corinth, vol. 12, The Minor Objects
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine
- Mélanges d'épigraphie grecque et de sigillographie byzantine
- Vizantijski olovni pečati ot sbirkata na Narodnija Muzej
- Corpus of Byzantine Seals from Bulgaria, Volume 2: Byzantine Seals with Family Names
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 1: A - M
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic. This specimen is related to BZS.1958.106.4794, BZS.1958.106.4441, BZS.1958.106.3688, and BZS.1951.31.5.428 in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, one specimen in Paris (BN 1205), one in Sofia (Museum of Archaeology 140), and two specimens in Zacos Collection. This group may be related to three other types belonging to Epiphanios Kamateros and dated to late eleventh century: BZS.1955.1.3865 (parallels BZS.1958.106.2511, BZS.1958.106.4352), BSZ.1955.1.3864, and Spink 127: 48.
The abbreviation mark following letter "A" in the third line of the inscription on the reverse appears to be superfluous. However, the fact that this mark appears consistently on several seals produced with different boulloteria makes it difficult to explain its presence by engraving error.