Timotheos (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V): in the quarters, ..ΙΣΤΑ|ΚΥΡΟΥ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει καὶ πιστὰ κύρου
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V): in the quarters, ..ΙΣΤΑ|ΚΥΡΟΥ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει καὶ πιστὰ κύρου
Reverse
Cruciform monogram, reading Τιμοθέῳ: in the quarters, ΤΩΣΩΟ.|ΚΕΤΙΑΕΙ. Wreath border.
τῷ σῷ οἰκέτι ἀεί Τιμοθέῳ
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3671 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει καὶ πιστὰ κύρου τῷ σῷ οἰκέτι ἀεί Τιμοθέῳ.
Theotokos, help Timothy, your servant always, and affirm his faith.
Commentary
In the extended invocation on this seal, we seem to have an attempt at creating two dodecasyllabic verses, one per side; the inscription on the reverse falls a syllable short.