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John Komnenos, kouropalates and domestikos of the Schools of the West (1057-1067)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding a spear and a round shield decorated with pellets. Inscription in two columns: |γε||Ργ|ιο|σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργιος. Borders of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of eight lines with cross at beginning; the final two letters between horizontal bars. Border of dots.

κΕ̅οηθ,
τσδλ
Ι̅κοροπαλ,τ
Sδομεστικ
τνσχολν
τησδυσαιοσ
τκομνη
ν

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰω(άννῃ) κοροπαλ(ά)τ(ῃ) (καὶ) δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσαιος τῷ Κομνηνῷ

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding a spear and a round shield decorated with pellets. Inscription in two columns: |γε||Ργ|ιο|σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργιος. Borders of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of eight lines with cross at beginning; the final two letters between horizontal bars. Border of dots.

κΕ̅οηθ,
τσδλ
Ι̅κοροπαλ,τ
Sδομεστικ
τνσχολν
τησδυσαιοσ
τκομνη
ν

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰω(άννῃ) κοροπαλ(ά)τ(ῃ) (καὶ) δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσαιος τῷ Κομνηνῷ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.2987
Diameter 31.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1 no. 1.15b.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ κουροπαλάτῃ καὶ δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως τῷ Κομνηνῷ.

Lord, help your servant John Komnenos, kouropalates and domestikos of the Schools of the West.

Commentary

This seal comes from the same boulloterion as BZS.1951.31.5.516, and the reading of the inscription on the reverse has been combined.

See the commentary to BZS 1955.1.2986.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)