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Chousenios patrikios and strategos of Trichilopodia (?) (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

St. Stephen standing holding a censer and an incense box. Inscription in two columns: |στε|φανο.ο|πρ.|τομ|αρτ|ι, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Στέφανο(ς) ὁ πρ[ω]τομάρτι(ς). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, the final two letters between bars. No visible border.

Κ̅Ε̅,Θ,
χσενηον
Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣Sστρα
τηγοντρη
χιλποδι
ΑΣ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Χουσένηον π(ατ)ρί(κιον) (καὶ) στρατηγὸν Τρηχιλωποδίας

Obverse

St. Stephen standing holding a censer and an incense box. Inscription in two columns: |στε|φανο.ο|πρ.|τομ|αρτ|ι, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Στέφανο(ς) ὁ πρ[ω]τομάρτι(ς). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, the final two letters between bars. No visible border.

Κ̅Ε̅,Θ,
χσενηον
Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣Sστρα
τηγοντρη
χιλποδι
ΑΣ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Χουσένηον π(ατ)ρί(κιον) (καὶ) στρατηγὸν Τρηχιλωποδίας

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.718
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5 no. 128.1.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Χουσένηον πατρίκιον καὶ στρατηγὸν Τρηχιλωποδίας.

Lord, help Chousenios patrikios and strategos of Trichilopodia.

Commentary

For the seal of a certain Phersios protospatharios and tagmatophylax of Trichilopodia, see SBS 5 (1998): 72. Alternatively, the geographical name may be read: ΠΡΗΧΙΛΩΠΟΛΙΑC.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)