Constantine patrikios, hypatos, judge and katepano of Mesopotamia (eleventh century)
Obverse
The Virgin seated on an elaborate throne, a suppedion beneath her feet. Sigla on either side: -θ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.
Obverse
The Virgin seated on an elaborate throne, a suppedion beneath her feet. Sigla on either side: -θ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εοῦ). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.
εR
σδ
̅Ν̅π.ι̅υ
..τ,κ..τη
.κα.επ,
μεσοπο
τα.ια,
[Θ(εοτό)κ]ε β[οήθ(ει) τ]ῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) [Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) π(ατ)[ρ]ι(κίῳ), ὑ[πά]τ(ῳ), κ[ρι]τῇ [(καὶ)] κα[τ]επ(άνω) Μεσοποτα[μ]ία(ς)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1756 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm; field: 27.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 55.7. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πατρικίῳ, ὑπάτῳ, κριτῇ καὶ κατεπάνω Μεσοποταμίας.
Mother of God, help your servant Constantine, patrikios, judge, and katepano of Mesopotamia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Überlegungen zur Vorgeschichte des Thema Mesopotamien (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
- Molivdovuli na Damjan Dobromirduk na Trakija i Mesopotamija (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)