Anonymous (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Theologian. Details indistinct. Epigraphy on either side: |ι̅|οθ|εο|λ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θεόλ(ογος). Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Theologian. Details indistinct. Epigraphy on either side: |ι̅|οθ|εο|λ, : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θεόλ(ογος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
σημαν
τρονου
περη̣γ̣ρα
φ̣η̣ηλοι
το̣δε̣
σήμαντρον οὗπερ ἡ γραφὴ δηλοῖ τόδε
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3608 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1928. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
σήμαντρον οὗπερ ἡ γραφὴ δηλοῖ τόδε.
The letter shows whose seal this is.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)