Maria sebaste (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, with her hands extended in supplication. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. No visible border.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, with her hands extended in supplication. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. No visible border.
ΣΖ,
ΑΓΝΗΜΕ
ΤΗΝΣΕΑ
ΣΤΗΝΜΑ
ΡΙΑΝ
Σώζοις ἀγνή με τὴν σεβατὴν Μαρίαν
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4558 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Noted in Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1992, with seals of a Maria sebaste. |
Translation
Σώζοις ἀγνή με τὴν σεβατὴν Μαρίαν.
Immaculate one, may you save me, the sebaste Maria.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllable.