John priest and oikonomos of Trebizond (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Cross with flared arms, attached to a staff (resting on a ball); fleurons rising to the transverse bar. Circular inscription, beginning at seven o'clock. Border of dots.
+κεRοηθητ..δ....
Κ(ύρι)ε βόηθη τ[ῷ σ]ῷ δ[ούλῳ]
Obverse
Cross with flared arms, attached to a staff (resting on a ball); fleurons rising to the transverse bar. Circular inscription, beginning at seven o'clock. Border of dots.
+κεRοηθητ..δ....
Κ(ύρι)ε βόηθη τ[ῷ σ]ῷ δ[ούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ινν
πρεσRυτ
ρκευκον
μ,τρπεζ
υντο.
Ἰωάνν[ῃ] πρεσβυτ[έ]ρ(ῳ) κὲ ὐκον[ό]μ(ῳ) Τραπεζ[ο]ῦντο[ς]
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4884 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 39.4. |
Translation
Κύριε βόηθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ πρεσβυτέρῳ κὲ ὐκονόμῳ Τραπεζοῦντος.
Lord, help your servant John, priest and oikonomos of Trebizond.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (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)
- Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The seal of another oikonomos of Trebizond by the name of Niketas is published in Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 665.