John bishop of the city of Tlos (seventh/eighth century)
Obverse
A cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει: Η at l., ΤΟ at the top, ΚΕ at r., Β at the bottom, Θ at center. In the quarters: ΙΩΑΝ|Ν. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννου
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, followed by a floral decoration. Wreath border.
ΕΠΗ
ΣΚΟΠΦ
ΠΟΛΕΩ
ΣΤΛΩ
ἐπησκόπου πόλεως Τλῶ
Obverse
A cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει: Η at l., ΤΟ at the top, ΚΕ at r., Β at the bottom, Θ at center. In the quarters: ΙΩΑΝ|Ν. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννου
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, followed by a floral decoration. Wreath border.
ΕΠΗ
ΣΚΟΠΦ
ΠΟΛΕΩ
ΣΤΛΩ
ἐπησκόπου πόλεως Τλῶ
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.247 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 25.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 81.1. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννου ἐπησκόπου πόλεως Τλῶ.
Mother of God, help John, bishop of the city of Tlos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This may be the same John who signed the acts of the Council of Trullo in 692 (Mansi XI, 10001A).
Tlos (today's Zeyve/Asar Kale to the north of Patara) is first attested as a bishopric in 451; a suffragan of Myra, it appears in all notitiae from the 7th to the 12th century. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 375; Fedalto, 237; Brandes, Städte, 99-100; Zgusta, 623.