Nikephoros Dermokaites, sebastos (thirteenth/fourteenth century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
νικη
ορσ
ρσΜΤ̣
ρ
̣νερ
Νικηφόρου σφράγισμα τῶν γραφῶν φέρ(ω)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
δερμ
οκιτο
σεο
υτι
ν
Δερμοκαΐτο[υ] σεβαστοῦ τὴν ἀξίαν
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
νικη
ορσ
ρσΜΤ̣
ρ
̣νερ
Νικηφόρου σφράγισμα τῶν γραφῶν φέρ(ω)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
δερμ
οκιτο
σεο
υτι
ν
Δερμοκαΐτο[υ] σεβαστοῦ τὴν ἀξίαν
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1406 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 34.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1513. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Νικηφόρου σφράγισμα τῶν γραφῶν φέρω Δερμοκαΐτου σεβαστοῦ τὴν ἀξίαν.
I bear the seal of the writings of Nikephoros Dermokaites, sebastos by title.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Wassiliou-Seibt suggests that the owner of this seal may be identical with a sebastos named Dermokaites recorded (without his Christian name) in 1306/1307. Note also a Nikephoros Dermokaites recorded in a cleverly worded metrical verse on an early thirteenth-century seal (Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1300).
Note the interesting ligatures and the unusual sigma (σ) at the beginning of the third line of the reverse.