The bishop of Alabanda (eleventh century)
Obverse
Faint outline of the Virgin holding Christ. No inscription visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decoration above. Border of dots.
ΠΑΡΘΕ
ΝΕΣΣΟΝ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠΟ,
ΑΛΑΑΝ
ΔΝ
Παρθένε σῶσον πίσκοπον Ἀλαβάνδων
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.360 |
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Diameter | 17.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 60.2; Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1735; Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1770. |
Translation
Παρθένε σῶσον ἐπίσκοπον Ἀλαβάνδων.
Virgin, preserve the bishop of Alabanda.
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)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Fouilles d’Amyzon en Carie (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
It would appear that the epsilon in ἐπίσκοπον was deliberately omitted to preserve a correct dodecasyllabic verse. Cf. BZS 1947.2.150.