Gregory Antiochos (twelfth century, second half)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
γρη̣.ο̣ρ̣.
σφρσ̣
μγρμμ
τνφε
ρ
Γρη[γ]ορ[ί]ου σφράγισμα γραμμάτων φέρω
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
γρη̣.ο̣ρ̣.
σφρσ̣
μγρμμ
τνφε
ρ
Γρη[γ]ορ[ί]ου σφράγισμα γραμμάτων φέρω
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.
ρι
ζησφυ
ε̣ντοσν
τIοχη
τροθεν
ῥίζης φυέντος Ἀντιόχων μητρόθεν
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2228 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 589 (noting editions by Pancenko and Laurent which offer mistaken readings). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Γρηγορίου σφράγισμα γραμμάτων φέρω ῥίζης φυέντος Ἀντιόχων μητρόθεν.
I bear the seal of the letters of Gregory who derives from the Antiochoi on his mother's side.
Bibliography
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Katalog molivdovulov (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This is the seal of the well-known rhetor Gregorios Antiochos whose career flourished in the middle decades of the twelfth century; see Marina Loukaki, Grégoire Antiochos. Eloge du Patriarche Basile Kamatèros. Paris: CNRB, 1996, 3-5.