The Pantepoptes monastery (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
παν
τεπο
πτα
ὦ Παντέποπτα
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
σ
ετσ
σσοι
κετˊ
σῷζε τοὺς [σ]οὺς οἰκέτ(ας)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5250 |
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Diameter | 15.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 53.1b; Laurent, Corpus 5.2: no. 1171 (tenth/eleventh century). A similar specimen is published in Seyrig, no. 281. The reading of this specimen has been combined with the parallel from the same boulloterion noted below. |
Translation
ὦ Παντέποπτα σῷζε τοὺς σοὺς οἰκέτας.
O Pantepoptes, save your servants.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- La géographie ecclésiastique de l’empire byzantin, Vol. 1, Le siège de Constantinople et le patriarcat oecuménique, Pt. 3, Les églises et les monastères (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The monastery was founded by Anna Dalassena in 1087 and appears to have functioned until the close of the Byzantine era: Janin, Églises, 513–15.