Michael bishop of Herakleia (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
+ΘΚΕ
ΟΗΘΙ
ΤΣ
ΔΛ,
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
+ΘΚΕ
ΟΗΘΙ
ΤΣ
ΔΛ,
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠ,ΙΡΑ
ΚΛΙΑ
Σ
Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπ(ῳ) Ἱρακλίας
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.996 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 100.1; Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 880. Cf. Zacos II, no. 1008. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἱρακλίας.
Mother of God, help your servant Michael, bishop of Herakleia.
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)
- Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Nikopolis und Kephallenia (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
On the bishopric of Herakleia, see the commentary to BZS 1958.106.296.