Niketas bishop of Poroi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, holding Christ. Vertical sigla preserved partially on right: Μ̅|.: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
.ΝΙΚΗ
ΤΑΝΑΓ
ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑ
ΠΟΡΝ
ΣΚ.Π,
Νικήταν, Ἁγνή, ποιμένα Πόρων σκέποις
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, holding Christ. Vertical sigla preserved partially on right: Μ̅|.: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Indeterminate border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
.ΝΙΚΗ
ΤΑΝΑΓ
ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑ
ΠΟΡΝ
ΣΚ.Π,
Νικήταν, Ἁγνή, ποιμένα Πόρων σκέποις
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4991 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 17.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 58.1. Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1768 (misread); cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1475. |
Translation
Νικήταν, Ἁγνή, ποιμένα Πόρων σκέποις.
May you protect Niketas, Pure one, bishop of Poroi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This see was located along the VIa Egnatia at modern Toxotai in Thrace and was a suffragan bishopric of Traïanoupolis. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/3, 117. It was in existence as early as the ninth century; a bishop is known to have attended the council of 879 (Θρακικά 14 [1940], 160).