Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5121 |
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Diameter | 22 mm |
Condition | Cracked above at channel opening (obv.). |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 56.2. |
Obverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.
....Ε
Ο..ΕΙ
ΤΣΔ
ΟΥΛ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.
ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛ,ΕΠΗΣ
ΚΟΠΣΚ
ΥΡΟΥ
Μιχαὴλ ἐπησκόπῳ Σκύρου
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαὴλ ἐπησκόπῳ Σκύρου.
Lord, help your servant Michael bishop of Skyros.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5121 |
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Diameter | 22 mm |
Condition | Cracked above at channel opening (obv.). |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 56.2. |
Bibliography
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
- Les îles de l'empire byzantin
- 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
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
Commentary
The abbreviation sign of line 2 of the reverse is superfluous unless it indicates the reading Μιχαηλίῳ, not a substantial difference in any case.
The bishopric of Skyros, an island of the Sporades, was probably in existence in the late 9th century (Darrouzès, Notitiae, no. 7, line 502) as a suffragan of Athens. The island was governed by an archon (DO Seals 2, no. 56.1). See Laurent, Corpus V/3, 104; Malamut, Iles, 228-30, 272-73, 300, 311-12, 366, 498.