N. archbishop of Apameia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
+κ...
ηθειτ.
σδου
-λ
Κ[(ύρι)ε βο]ήθει τ[ῷ] σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
+κ...
ηθειτ.
σδου
-λ
Κ[(ύρι)ε βο]ήθει τ[ῷ] σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines followed by a decoration. Border of dots.
.....
...ηεπι
.κοπο
.μισ
- · -
[..... ἀρχ]ηεπι[σ]κόπο Ἀ[π]αμίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.26 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 43.4. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ..... ἀρχηεπισκόπο Ἀπαμίας.
Lord, help your servant ..., archbishop of Apameia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The first visible letter in line two of the reverse is clearly an eta. It is not certain whether the letter represents part of a prefix (here rendered as ἀρχη-) or the termination of a rather lengthy name, and accordingly it is not possible to exclude with certainty the attribution of the present seal to the bishopric of Apameia of Pisidia.
Apameia (close to modern Moudania) is located northwest of Broussa. It was a bishopric before 381, archbishopric before the mid-seventh century, metropolis between 1066 and 1071, and mentioned for the last time in 1318 (Darrouzès, Notitiae, 123, 126; Laurent, Corpus V/1, 616). It must be distinguished from the bishopric of Apameia of Pisidia.