Niketas Kostomyres (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans, with the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: Θ. : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans, with the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: Θ. : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines, bottom line missing. Border of dots.
.ΓΝΗΜΕ
.ΡΟΥΡΕΙ
.ΙΚΗΤΑΝ
Ο̣Σ..ΜΥ
...
[Ἀ]γνή με [φ]ρούρει, [Ν]ικήταν [Κ]οσ[το]μύ[ρην]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.543 |
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Diameter | 17.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 13; see also PBW : Niketas 20275. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Ἀγνή με φρούρει, Νικήταν Κοστομύρην.
Immaculate one, protect me, Niketas Kostomyres.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The inscription is metrical.