John (metropolitan) of Amaseia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of three lines. Border of dots.
του
αμασ
ιασ
τοῦ Ἀμασίας
Reverse
Obliterated by a punch mark.
Obverse
Inscription of three lines. Border of dots.
του
αμασ
ιασ
τοῦ Ἀμασίας
Reverse
Obliterated by a punch mark.
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.867 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 18.0 mm; field: 13.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 23.2c. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
τοῦ Ἀμασείας ...
(Seal of) the (metropolitan) of Amaseia.
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)
- Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The original inscription will have formed a twelve-syllable verse. See the commentary to BZS 1958.106.300 (linked to this entry).