Nicholas ek prosopou of Crete (eleventh century, second half)
Obverse
Bust of St. Titos, offering a blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription: |Τ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Τ[ῖτος]. No visible border.
Obverse
Bust of St. Titos, offering a blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription: |Τ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Τ[ῖτος]. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines followed by decoration. No visible border.
ΦΡΑ
ΚΗΤ
.ΠΡΟΣ
ΤΗΣ
ΡΙΤΗΣ
Σφραγὶς Νικήτα ἐκ προσώπου τῆς Κρίτης
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3294 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 36.3. |
Translation
Σφραγὶς Νικήτα ἐκ προσώπου τῆς Κρίτης.
Seal of Niketas ek prosopou of Crete.
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)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (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)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)
- Ὁ Ταξίαρχης Κρήτης (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Crete, from the 5th Century to the Venetian Conquest (Open in Zotero)
- Crete in the Conflicts of the Eighth Century (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- The Conquest of Crete by the Arabs (ca. 824): A Turning Point in the Struggle between Byzantium and Islam (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The legend is in dodecasyllabic verse which explains why the article was added before Κρήτης.
Wassiliou-Seibt reconstructs the inscription as σφραγὶς Νικήτα τοῦ προέδρου τῆς Κρήτης.