George metropolitan of Myra (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding the book. On either side the inscription: Ο|ΝΙκ|ο|λ: ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Within a border of dots, part of a circular inscription.
ΚΕ...ΘΕΙΤ.......
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding the book. On either side the inscription: Ο|ΝΙκ|ο|λ: ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Within a border of dots, part of a circular inscription.
ΚΕ...ΘΕΙΤ.......
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.
ΓΕΡΓ,
.ΛΕΘ̅Υ̅
.ΗΤΡΟΠ
.ΛΙΤ,ΜΥ
ΡΝ
Γεωργίῳ ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ μητροπολίτῇ Μύρων
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.160 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 72.3. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίῳ ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ μητροπολίτῇ Μύρων.
Lord, help your servant George by the mercy of God metropolitan of Myra.
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)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Sur les variations numériques des évêchés byzantins (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)