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Demetrios (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

The Mother of God standing on a suppedion, her arms upraised in prayer, with the medallion of the Child before her. Details indistinct. No sigla visible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross above and a decoration below. Indeterminate border.

..μητρι
..σκεποισ
μ̣ετονσον
..κετη
ν̣
  

[Δη]μήτρι[ον] σκέποις με τὸν σὸν [οἰ]κέτην

Obverse

The Mother of God standing on a suppedion, her arms upraised in prayer, with the medallion of the Child before her. Details indistinct. No sigla visible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a cross above and a decoration below. Indeterminate border.

..μητρι
..σκεποισ
μ̣ετονσον
..κετη
ν̣
  

[Δη]μήτρι[ον] σκέποις με τὸν σὸν [οἰ]κέτην

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1439
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 637.

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

Translation

Δημήτριον σκέποις με τὸν σὸν οἰκέτην.

May you protect me, your servant Demetrios.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)