Theotokos Basiotissa (standing, holding child in R arm) sigla, with vertical inscriptions
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Μήτηρ Θεοῦ | ἡ Βασσιώτισσα. / Κομνηνοφυοὺς ᾿Ανδρονίκου δεσπότου | σεβαστοκράτωρ Μανουὴλ παῖς πορφύρας, | πύλην γραφῶν φέρω Σε, τοῦ Θεοῦ Πύλη
Mother of God | Basiotissa. / Comnenian-born (?) sebastokrator Manuel, child of the porphyra, son of the emperor Andronikos: I carry you, the Gate of God, as gate to my writings (metrical)