Peter Gymnos, vestes and katepano of Melitene (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding the Christ child on her left arm. Sigla on either side: ΜΘΥ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Circular inscription within the upper border of dots:
θκεR,θ,τσδλ
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, preceded and followed by an ornament. Border of dots.
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πετρ
RεστηSκα
τεπανμε
λιτινηστ
γυμν
– –
Πέτρῳ βέστῃ (καὶ) κατεπάνω Μελιτινῆς τῷ Γυμνῷ
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding the Christ child on her left arm. Sigla on either side: ΜΘΥ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Circular inscription within the upper border of dots:
θκεR,θ,τσδλ
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, preceded and followed by an ornament. Border of dots.
– –
πετρ
RεστηSκα
τεπανμε
λιτινηστ
γυμν
– –
Πέτρῳ βέστῃ (καὶ) κατεπάνω Μελιτινῆς τῷ Γυμνῷ
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.238 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 29.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 68.4. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρῳ βέστῃ καὶ κατεπάνω Μελιτινῆς τῷ Γυμνῷ.
Mother of God, help your servant Peter Gymnos, vestes and katepano of Melitene.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- L’organisation de la frontière orientale de Byzance aux Xe-XIe siècles et Le Taktikon de l’Escorial (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
- Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey (Open in Zotero)
- Crown Lands and the Defence of Imperial Authority in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Notes arméno-byzantines (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The seal of a katepano of Melitene and Lykandos is published in Sig., 282-283, cf. Byz. 9 (1934) 367-371. At a later time, Peter Gymnos is attested as anthypatos, patrikios and judge of the Thrakesion (BZS.1955.1.3043 and BZS.1955.1.3044).