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Anonymous (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

γρ
φηνμ
θηση
την

γραφὴν μαθήσῃ τὴν

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

επι
γρφη,
λε
πν

ἐπιγραφὴ(ν) βλέπων

Obverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

γρ
φηνμ
θηση
την

γραφὴν μαθήσῃ τὴν

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

επι
γρφη,
λε
πν

ἐπιγραφὴ(ν) βλέπων

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.362
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 524.

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

Translation

γραφὴν μαθήσῃ τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν βλέπων.

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