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Nikephoros (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George. Sigla in two columns: |ΓΕ|Ρ|Γ|Ι,: Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

γερ
γιεπρο
ιθητ
νικηφο
ρ

Γεώργιε πρόστιθη τῷ Νικηφόρῳ

Obverse

Bust of St. George. Sigla in two columns: |ΓΕ|Ρ|Γ|Ι,: Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

γερ
γιεπρο
ιθητ
νικηφο
ρ

Γεώργιε πρόστιθη τῷ Νικηφόρῳ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2717
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 230 (with the preferred reading).

Translation

Γεώργιε πρόστιθη τῷ Νικηφόρῳ.

George, be of support to Nikephoros.

Commentary

Cheynet read the inscription as σφραγὶς Κρατεροῦ τοῦ Νικηφόρου (in La société byzantine, vol. 2, 583-598), but Wassiliou-Seibt's reading renders the inscription correctly and as a proper twelve-syllable verse.

Bibliography

  • La société byzantine: l’apport des sceaux (Open in Zotero)
  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)