Niketas priest (eleventh century, second half)
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Evangelist, facing, with gestures and traits indistinct. Inscription visible to the right: ΟΛ|.ΓΟ|Σ: [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) Θε]ολ[ό]γος. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Evangelist, facing, with gestures and traits indistinct. Inscription visible to the right: ΟΛ|.ΓΟ|Σ: [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) Θε]ολ[ό]γος. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
ΣΚΕ
ΠΟΙΣΘΥΤΗ
ΝΙΚΗΤΑΝ
ΗΓΑΠΗΜΕ
ΝΕ
σκέποις θύτην Νικήταν ἠγαπήμενε
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1545 |
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Diameter | 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1101. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2018. |
Translation
σκέποις θύτην Νικήταν, ἠγαπήμενε.
May you protect Niketas the priest, beloved one.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllabic. The title thytes here could also refer to a bishop, and as Laurent points out, perhaps to the metropolitan of Ephesos with which St. John the Evangelist is associated.