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Eustathios (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription in three lines with cross above. Border of dots.


ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΣΥΠΑΡ
Χ

Σφραγὶς ὑπάρχω

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.

ΤΝ
ΓΡΑΦΝ
ΕΥΣΤΑ
ΘΙ

τῶν γραφῶν Εὐσταθίου

Obverse

Inscription in three lines with cross above. Border of dots.


ΣΦΡΑ
ΓΙΣΥΠΑΡ
Χ

Σφραγὶς ὑπάρχω

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.

ΤΝ
ΓΡΑΦΝ
ΕΥΣΤΑ
ΘΙ

τῶν γραφῶν Εὐσταθίου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5332
Diameter 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

Wassiliou-Seibt, Corpus, no. 2951b.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Σφραγὶς ὑπάρχω τῶν γραφῶν Εὐσταθίου.

I am the seal of the words of Eustathios.

Commentary

Dodecasyllable. This specimen is parallel to BZS.1947.2.2072, BZS.1955.1.3760, BZS.1955.1.3762, BZS.1955.1.3764, BZS.1951.31.5.2691, BZS.1951.31.5.988, and BZS.1958.106.2654. It comes from the same disposition--but a different boulloterion--as BZS.1955.1.3761 and BZS.1955.1.3763. The specimens BZS.1955.1.3765, BZS.1955.1.3766, BZS.1955.1.3767, BZS.1955.1.3768, BZS.1955.1.3769, BZS.1951.31.5.3103, and BZS.1958.106.2961, have a slight variation in their inscriptions, but apparently come from the same individual.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)