Skip to Content

Niketas Kostomyres (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans, with the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: Θ. : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines, bottom line missing. Border of dots.


.ΓΝΗΜΕ
.ΡΟΥΡΕΙ
.ΙΚΗΤΑΝ
Ο̣Σ..ΜΥ
...

[Ἀ]γνή με [φ]ρούρει, [Ν]ικήταν [Κ]οσ[το]μύ[ρην]

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans, with the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: Θ. : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines, bottom line missing. Border of dots.


.ΓΝΗΜΕ
.ΡΟΥΡΕΙ
.ΙΚΗΤΑΝ
Ο̣Σ..ΜΥ
...

[Ἀ]γνή με [φ]ρούρει, [Ν]ικήταν [Κ]οσ[το]μύ[ρην]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.543
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 13; see also PBW : Niketas 20275.

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

Translation

Ἀγνή με φρούρει, Νικήταν Κοστομύρην.

Immaculate one, protect me, Niketas Kostomyres.

Commentary

The inscription is metrical.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)