Anonymous hypertimos (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Indistinct bust of the Mother of God with the medallion or Child before her. Sigla: μ̅θ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Indistinct bust of the Mother of God with the medallion or Child before her. Sigla: μ̅θ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
ουλον
.ονυπερτ.
μοναχρα.
τεσκε.
.ισ
Δοῦλον σὸν ὑπέρτιμον, Ἄχραντε, σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3008 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 664. |
Translation
Δοῦλον σὸν ὑπέρτιμον, Ἄχραντε, σκέποις.
Immaculate One, may you protect your servant the hypertimos.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The title hypertimos was created for Michael Psellos about the year 1056 and was afterwards bestowed upon a limited number of ecclesiastical officials, as the unnamed owner of this seal will likely have been. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 161ff.