Sabas monk and protosynkellos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding the Child. Inscription at right: Μ|Θ: Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding the Child. Inscription at right: Μ|Θ: Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.
ΣΑΑΣ
ΠΡΤ,
ΤΝΣΥΓ
ΚΕΛΛ,
Σάβας (μον)αχ(ός) (καὶ) πρῶτ(ος) τῶν συγκέλλω(ν)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1043 |
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Diameter | 16.0 mm; field: 11.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 218. Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1892. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Σάβας μοναχός καὶ πρῶτος τῶν συγκέλλων.
Sabas, monk and first among the synkelloi.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)