The diakonia of the Theotokos of the property of Verus (seventh/eighth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God with Christ before her; at left and right, small crosses. Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between a double border of dots:
γισθεοτο
[Ὑπερ]αγίας Θεοτό[κου]
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God with Christ before her; at left and right, small crosses. Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between a double border of dots:
γισθεοτο
[Ὑπερ]αγίας Θεοτό[κου]
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
δι
κονισ
τονβι
ρον
Διακονίας τον Βίρου
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1368 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 34.1b (mislabelled, photograph a); Laurent, Corpus 5.2: no. 1221; Zacos–Veglery, no. 1127b. Laurent is mistaken that 1958.106.53 is a similar specimen. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου Διακονίας τον Βίρου.
(Seal of) the diakonia of the most holy Theotokos of the property of Verus.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae, Propylaeum ad AASS Novembris (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal is edited jointly with its counterparts from the same boulloterion: BZS 1951.31.5.1982 and 1958.106.43 (see also the commentary to this entry).