Theodore Proteuon, protospatharios and judge of the Kibyrraiotai (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding Christ. Sigla: ̅..: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines followed by decoration.
ΘΚ̅Ε̅Θ,
ΘΕΟΔΣΠ
Θ,ΚΡΙΤ,ΤΝ
ΚΙΥΡΡΙ
ΤΝΤ,ΠΡ
ΤΕΥΟΝΤ,
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν τῷ Πρωτεύοντι
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding Christ. Sigla: ̅..: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines followed by decoration.
ΘΚ̅Ε̅Θ,
ΘΕΟΔΣΠ
Θ,ΚΡΙΤ,ΤΝ
ΚΙΥΡΡΙ
ΤΝΤ,ΠΡ
ΤΕΥΟΝΤ,
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν τῷ Πρωτεύοντι
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.699 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 59.13a. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν τῷ Πρωτεύοντι.
Theotokos, help Theodore Proteuon, protospatharios and judge of the Kibyrraiotai.
Bibliography
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Commentary
The reading of Proteuon's first name is by no means certain on our specimens; the letter before the abbreviation could be a phi and the name may read Θεοφάνει. We maintain the name of Theodore because we know him from other seals on which the name is clearly written out (Laurent, Corpus II, no. 838 [where our two specimens are mentioned]; Seyrig, no. 316). John Mauropous wrote an epitaph for a judge named Proteuon (Ioannis Euchaitorum metropolitae quae in cod. Vatic. gr. 676 supersunt, ed. P. Lagarde [Göttingen, 1882], 20-21).