Basil ..phles? ostiarios and protonotarios of the Tropaiophoros (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans with a medallion of Christ on her chest. At left and right: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Circular inscription beginning at 10 o'clock. Border of dots.
ΘΚΕ,Θ,..ΣΙΛΕΙ
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) [Βα]σιλείῳ
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans with a medallion of Christ on her chest. At left and right: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Circular inscription beginning at 10 o'clock. Border of dots.
ΘΚΕ,Θ,..ΣΙΛΕΙ
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) [Βα]σιλείῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, the final two letters between horizontal bars. Border of dots.
ΟΣΤΙ
ΑΡΙSΑ
ΝΟΤΑΡΤ
ΤΡΟΠΑΙΟ
Φ,Ρ,Τ..Φ
ΛΗ
ὀστιαρίῳ (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρ(ίῳ) τ[οῦ] Τροπαιοφ(ό)ρ(ου) τ(ῷ) [..]φλῃ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2907 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 25.16a. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Βασιλείῳ ὀστιαρίῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τοῦ Τροπαιοφόρου τῷ ..φλῃ.
Mother of God, help Basil ..phes ostiarios and protonotarios of the Tropaiophoros.
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)
Commentary
This seal has been edited jointly with its counterpart from the same boulloterion, BZS 1955.1.4962.
W. Seibt suggests in his review of DO Seals 5 (BZ 100 [2007]: 234) that this belongs to Basil Xiphilinos.