Peter protekdikos of the Great Church (eleventh/twelfth centuries)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans with a medallion of Christ before her. At left and right: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Beginning at 12 o'clock, circular inscription within a double border of dots.
θκεοηθεισδουλπετρ
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρῳ
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God orans with a medallion of Christ before her. At left and right: Μ̅Θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). Beginning at 12 o'clock, circular inscription within a double border of dots.
θκεοηθεισδουλπετρ
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by a cross. Border of dots.
τ͂του
μεγΊστου
Ῑεροῦπρ
τεκδΊ
κ
τῷ τοῦ μεγίστου ἱεροῦ πρωτεκδίκῳ
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5532 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 42.42; Laurent, Corpus 5.3: no. 1649. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 919. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρῳ τῷ τοῦ μεγίστου ἱεροῦ πρωτεκδίκῳ.
Mother of God, help your servant Peter, the protekdikos of the Great Church.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Twelve-syllable verse on reverse. On the obverse, the definite article τῷ may have been deliberately omitted after βοήθει for metrical purposes.
Accent marks on the reverse.