N. Anzas, vestes and parathalassites (eleventh century, second half)
Obverse
Half-length Mother of God orans. Traces of sigla at right, but lettering is unclear. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΣΑΝΑ
ΕΣΤΠΑ
ΡΑΘΑΛΑΣ
ΣΙΤ
Σφραγὶς Ἀνζᾶ βέστου παραθαλασσίτου
Obverse
Half-length Mother of God orans. Traces of sigla at right, but lettering is unclear. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΣΑΝΑ
ΕΣΤΠΑ
ΡΑΘΑΛΑΣ
ΣΙΤ
Σφραγὶς Ἀνζᾶ βέστου παραθαλασσίτου
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2377 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 1.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus 2: no. 1129 (with mistakes); Nesbitt and Seibt, “Anzas Family,” 198, fig. 8. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2336. |
Translation
Σφραγὶς Ἀνζᾶ βέστου παραθαλασσίτου.
Seal of Anzas, vestes and parathalassites.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- The Anzas Family: Members of the Byzantine Civil Administration in the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Centuries (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Laurent read the first two lines of the inscription on the reverse: ΣΦΡΑΓ|ΜΙΤΑΝΖΑ. After that a possible varia lectio is: ΕΣΤ,SΠΑ|ΡΑΘΑΛΑΣ|ΣΙΤ. He erroneously assigned the seal to Michael Anzas, vestes, judge of the Velum, and koiaistor; see Nesbitt and Seibt, “Anzas Family,” 193.