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N. metropolitan of Euchaita and synkellos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore Tiron holding a martyr's cross in his right hand, with his left hand held in front of his chest, palm outward. Inscription in two columns: |θε|.δ,|ο-ο|τη|ρ|ν : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε[ό]δ(ω)[ρ]ο(ς) ὁ Τήρων. Circular inscription, beginning at eight o'clock. Border of dots.

.κεRο..........υλ.

Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ήθει τῷ σῷ δο]ύλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

....
μροπολιτ
ευχαιτν
καισυγκε
λλ
 –

.... μ(ητ)ροπολίτ(ῃ) Εὐχαΐτων καὶ συγκέλλῳ

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore Tiron holding a martyr's cross in his right hand, with his left hand held in front of his chest, palm outward. Inscription in two columns: |θε|.δ,|ο-ο|τη|ρ|ν : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε[ό]δ(ω)[ρ]ο(ς) ὁ Τήρων. Circular inscription, beginning at eight o'clock. Border of dots.

.κεRο..........υλ.

Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ήθει τῷ σῷ δο]ύλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

....
μροπολιτ
ευχαιτν
καισυγκε
λλ
 –

.... μ(ητ)ροπολίτ(ῃ) Εὐχαΐτων καὶ συγκέλλῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.405
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 16.8. See also Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 770.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .... μητροπολίτῃ Εὐχαΐτων καὶ συγκέλλῳ.

Lord, help your servant .... metropolitan of Euchaita and synkellos.

Commentary

We do not see the letters ΟΔ on the first line, as Laurent did. He proposed the names Theodore, Theodosios, or Theodotos – to which we might add Theodoulos.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
  • Le dédoublement de Saint Théodore et les villes d’Euchaïta et d’Euchaneia (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)