Niketas metropolitan of Klaudioupolis (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of a bearded saint blessing and holding a book. No epigraphy visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
.εRθ
τσδ..
νικητ,μ̅ρ.
πολ`κλα.
διπολ.
οσ
[Κ(ύρι)]ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ[ούλ(ῳ)] Νικήτ(ᾳ) μ(ητ)ρ[ο]πολ(ίτῃ) Κλα[υ]διουπόλ[ε]ος
Obverse
Bust of a bearded saint blessing and holding a book. No epigraphy visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
.εRθ
τσδ..
νικητ,μ̅ρ.
πολ`κλα.
διπολ.
οσ
[Κ(ύρι)]ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ[ούλ(ῳ)] Νικήτ(ᾳ) μ(ητ)ρ[ο]πολ(ίτῃ) Κλα[υ]διουπόλ[ε]ος
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4826 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 28.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 7.5. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτᾳ μητροπολίτῃ Κλαυδιουπόλεος.
Lord, help your servant Niketas, metropolitan of Klaudioupolis.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (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)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Alphabete (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The owner of the present seal could well be the author of an Alphabetos than Anastasijević considered to be influenced by the writings of Symeon Metaphrastes (late tenth century) and Nikephoros Ouranos (ca. 1000): D. Anastasijević, "Alphabete," BZ 16 (1907) 482-83, 491-92.