Eudokimos Epigingles, tourmarches (eleventh century, first half)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas, his right hand raised before him in blessing, and his left holding a book. Vertical inscription at left and right: |Ν|ΙΚ|Ο|Λ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas, his right hand raised before him in blessing, and his left holding a book. Vertical inscription at left and right: |Ν|ΙΚ|Ο|Λ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.
ευδο
κι,τρ
αρχ,οε
πιγ,κλ
Εὐδόκιμ(ος) τρουμάρχ(ης) ὁ Ἐπιγ(ί)κλ(ης)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1322 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Parallel: Laurent, Orghidan, no. 345. PBW : Eudokimos 20103 (boulloterion 4779). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Εὐδόκιμος τρουμάρχης ὁ Ἐπιγίγκλης.
Eudokimos Epigingles, tourmarches.
Bibliography
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Phrygien und Pisidien (Open in Zotero)
- Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit (Open in Zotero)
- Eudokimos Epigingles, Turmarch und Merarch (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This and the seal of the merarches Eudokimos Epigingles (BZS.1951.31.5.1822) belong to the same individual. W. Seibt had previously suggested that the surname should be related to the toponym Ginklarion (Γιγκλάριον or Γιγγλάριον); see Belke and Mersich, Phrygien und Pisidien, TIB 7 (Vienna, 1990), 260. However, the surname Ἐπιγίγγλης is attested in the tenth-century; see V. von Falkenhausen, “Eudokimos Epigingles, Turmarch und Merarch” and PmbZ 25945.