N. metropolitan of Euchaita and protosynkellos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding a martyr's cross before him. Inscription in two columns: |θε|ο-δ|ρ|ο, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρο(ς). Circular inscription, beginning at ten o'clock. Border of pellets.
μαρτυσθυτηνσον
Μάρτυς θύτην σόν
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of pellets.
– –
τονευ
χαιτν
πρτοσυγ
κελλον
σκεπε
– –
τὸν Εὐχαΐτων πρωτοσύγκελλον σκέπε.
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding a martyr's cross before him. Inscription in two columns: |θε|ο-δ|ρ|ο, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρο(ς). Circular inscription, beginning at ten o'clock. Border of pellets.
μαρτυσθυτηνσον
Μάρτυς θύτην σόν
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of pellets.
– –
τονευ
χαιτν
πρτοσυγ
κελλον
σκεπε
– –
τὸν Εὐχαΐτων πρωτοσύγκελλον σκέπε.
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5040 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 16.9b; Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1783; cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1370. See Zacos, Seals II, no. 842, for a parallel specimen. |
Translation
Μάρτυς θύτην σὸν τὸν Εὐχαΐτων πρωτοσύγκελλον σκέπε.
Martyr, protect your servant, the metropolitan of Euchaita and protosynkellos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, volume 4: The East
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 2
- The Anonymous Seal
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
- Le dédoublement de Saint Théodore et les villes d'Euchaïta et d'Euchaneia
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των Βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 1: A - M
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1955.1.5039 bear the same iconography and epigraphy and seem to come from the same boulloterion; see the commentary to the latter specimen.