Arsavir dioiketes of Stauroupolis (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
ΡΣ
ΒΙΡΙΟΙΚΙ
ΤΗΣΤΥΡ
ΠΟΛΕ/
Ἀρσαβὶρ διοικιτῇ Σταυρουπόλεως
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
ΡΣ
ΒΙΡΙΟΙΚΙ
ΤΗΣΤΥΡ
ΠΟΛΕ/
Ἀρσαβὶρ διοικιτῇ Σταυρουπόλεως
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.690 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 29.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 66.2a. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀρσαβὶρ διοικιτῇ Σταυρουπόλεως.
Theotokos, help your servant Arsavir dioiketes of Stauroupolis.
Bibliography
- 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)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals from Aphrodisias (Open in Zotero)
- Sur les variations numériques des évêchés byzantins (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This is one of four seals (listed below) from the same boulloterion edited jointly.
See also DO Seals 2, 51.1 (BZS 1955.1.689) which perhaps represents the same Arsavir while he was dioiketes of Mytilene.