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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.

οτοκου

[Ὑπεραγίας Θε]οτόκου

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, bottom line missing. Wreath border.

δι
κονισ
τονβι

Διακονίας τον Βί[ρου]

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.

οτοκου

[Ὑπεραγίας Θε]οτόκου

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, bottom line missing. Wreath border.

δι
κονισ
τονβι

Διακονίας τον Βί[ρου]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1982
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5, no. 34.1c.

Translation

Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου Διακονίας τον Βίρου

(Seal of) the diakonia of the most holy Theotokos of the property of Verus.

Commentary

This seal is edited jointly with its counterparts from the same boulloterion: BZS 1951.31.5.1368 and 1958.106.43 (see also the commentary to this entry).

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)
  • Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae, Propylaeum ad AASS Novembris (Open in Zotero)