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Basil Kamateros (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots. 

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with a decoration above. Border of dots.


ΟΚ
ΜΤΗΡΟ,
ΑΣΙΛ,ΟΣ
ΟΓΡΑ.

Ὁ Καματηρὸς Βασίλειος ὁ γράφων

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots. 

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with a decoration above. Border of dots.


ΟΚ
ΜΤΗΡΟ,
ΑΣΙΛ,ΟΣ
ΟΓΡΑ.

Ὁ Καματηρὸς Βασίλειος ὁ γράφων

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1377
Diameter 20.0 mm; field: 15.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1555.

Translation

Ὁ Καματηρὸς Βασίλειος ὁ γράφων.

Basil Kamateros is the one who wrote this.

Commentary

The inscription consists of one dodecasyllabic verse.

A parallel specimen and several related seals in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection are listed below. Cf. Jordanov, Corpus II, no. 253.

Bibliography

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