Dionysios monk and bishop of Stratonikeia (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Philip blessing and holding a scroll. On either side the inscription: |Φ|Ι|Λ|Π|ΠΟ|Σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Φίλ(ι)ππος. Along the upper circumference, within a border of dots, a circular inscription:
ΚΕ,ΗΘ,ΤΣΔ,
Κ(ύρι)ε β(ο)ήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
Obverse
Bust of St. Philip blessing and holding a scroll. On either side the inscription: |Φ|Ι|Λ|Π|ΠΟ|Σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Φίλ(ι)ππος. Along the upper circumference, within a border of dots, a circular inscription:
ΚΕ,ΗΘ,ΤΣΔ,
Κ(ύρι)ε β(ο)ήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.
ΔΙΟΝΟΙ
ΣΙΟΧ̅Ε
ΠΗΣΚΟΠ
ΣΤΡΤ,
ΝΙΚΙ
Διονοισίο (μον)αχ(ῷ) ἐπησκόπ(ῳ) Στρατ(ο)νικία(ς)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1483 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 108.2b; see also Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 373. Cf. Zacos, Seals II, no. 806 (illustrated as no. 807). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Διονοισίο μοναχῷ ἐπησκόπῳ Στρατονικίας.
Lord, help your servant Dionysios, monk and bishop of Stratonikeia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
On the seals of bishops from Stratonikeia, see the commentary to BZS 1958.106.60.