Timotheos bishop of Amazon (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of pellets.
ΚΕ/Θ/
ΤΣ
.ΛΤΙ
ΜΘΕ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Τιμωθέῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of pellets.
ΕΠΙ.
ΚΟΠ.
ΜΑΖ
ΝΟΣ
ἐπισκόπῳ Ἀμαζῶνος
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of pellets.
ΚΕ/Θ/
ΤΣ
.ΛΤΙ
ΜΘΕ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Τιμωθέῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of pellets.
ΕΠΙ.
ΚΟΠ.
ΜΑΖ
ΝΟΣ
ἐπισκόπῳ Ἀμαζῶνος
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.95 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 61.2. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Τιμωθέῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἀμαζῶνος.
Lord, help your servant Timotheos bishop of Amazon.
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
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium
- Fouilles d'Amyzon en Carie
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen
Commentary
The ancient city of Amyzon survived in the Middle Ages under the names of Amazon (or Μizou, Mizon) and has been definitely identified as the modern Mazin Kalesi, the site of a fortress on the eastern slope of Mount Latros. The first bishop is attested in 431, and the bishopric is regularly mentioned in the notitiae as a suffragan of Karia/Stauroupolis well into the thirteenth century. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 386; Fedalto, 193; Robert, Amyzon, esp. 28-29, 280; Zgusta, 70; REB 26 (1968) 39-40.