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Moses metropolitan of Neokaisareia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Gregory Thaumatourgos blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription on either side: |γρι|γ,-ο|θα|μα|τ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γριγ(όριος) ὁ Θα(υ)ματ(ουργός). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

κεR,θ,
σδ,
μσειμη
τρονεοS
.αρεια,
– + –

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Μωσεῖ μητρο(πολίτῃ) Νεο(και)[σ]αρεία(ς)

Obverse

Bust of St. Gregory Thaumatourgos blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription on either side: |γρι|γ,-ο|θα|μα|τ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γριγ(όριος) ὁ Θα(υ)ματ(ουργός). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

κεR,θ,
σδ,
μσειμη
τρονεοS
.αρεια,
– + –

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Μωσεῖ μητρο(πολίτῃ) Νεο(και)[σ]αρεία(ς)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2816
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 29.6.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μωσεῖ μητροπολίτῃ Νεοκαισαρείας.

Lord, help your servant Moses, metropolitan of Neokaisareia.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
  • Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
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  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)