Basil bishop of ..ra(?) (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a throne, holding Christ on her left arm (?). Sigla: ̅-θ̅υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
The Virgin seated on a throne, holding Christ on her left arm (?). Sigla: ̅-θ̅υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+θ..R,θ,
τσδ.
Rσιλει
επισκοπ
..ρον
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού[λ(ῳ)] Βασιλείῳ ἐπισκόπῳ ..ρον.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.71 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 86.1. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασιλείῳ ἐπισκόπῳ ..ρον.
Mother of God, help your servant Basil, bishop of ..ra.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The initial letter of the bishop's see in the fifth line of the reverse cannot be read; taking into consideration the space available at the beginning of the line, we propose the following restorations: Ἰβόρων, Ἰβήρων, Σωρῶν, Κλήρων, Ἀγρῶν, Δοάρων, or Πόρων (Notitiae, no. 13, 1.181, 196, 222, 374, 403, 465, 609). Some of these sees were occupied by the Turks after Mantzikert, but others remained in Byzantine hands for most of the twelfth century.