George Andreiomenos, judge and anagrapheus of the Optimatoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. George holding spear and shield. Inscription in two columns: |.Ε|Ρ|ΓΗ||Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) [Γ]εώργηως. No visible border.
Obverse
Bust of St. George holding spear and shield. Inscription in two columns: |.Ε|Ρ|ΓΗ||Σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) [Γ]εώργηως. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines. No visible border.
+ΚΕ.
ΓΕΡΓΙ
ΚΡΙΤΗΑΝΑ
ΓΡΑΦΕΙΤΟΝ
ΟΙΜΑΤ,Τ
ΑΝΔΡΙΟ
ΜΕΝ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Γεωργίῳ κριτῇ (καὶ) ἀναγραφεῖ τον Ὀππιμάτ(ων) τῷ Ἀνδριομένῳ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.103 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.1. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Γεωργίῳ κριτῇ καὶ ἀναγραφεῖ τον Ὀππιμάτων τῷ Ἀνδριομένῳ.
Lord, help George Andreiomenos judge and anagrapheus of the Optimatoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
On line 5 of the reverse the engraver erroneously used the common double-pi ligature instead of Π and Τ, as required for the word Optimatoi. The DO Collection (BZS.1955.1.2903) contains a seal of George Andreiomenos, with the bust of St. George on the obverse; see PBW Georgios 20170. For a physician named Andreiomenos, see A. Kouzes, "Τὸ ἀνέκδοτον ἔτι ἰατρικὸν ἔργον τοῦ Ἀνδρειωμένου," EEBS 6 (1929) 383-86.