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The laura of St. Euthymios (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Euthymios orans with a very long beard. No epigraphy visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΤΗΣ
ΛΡΣ
ΤΓΙ
ΕΥΘΗΜΗ

τῆς λάβρας τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐθημήου.

Obverse

Bust of St. Euthymios orans with a very long beard. No epigraphy visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΤΗΣ
ΛΡΣ
ΤΓΙ
ΕΥΘΗΜΗ

τῆς λάβρας τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐθημήου.

Accession number BZS 1947.2.16
Diameter 20.0 mm; field: 11.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5 no. 19.8; Laurent, Corpus 5.2: no. 1582 (dated to the tenth/eleventh century).

Translation

τῆς λάβρας τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐθημήου.

(Seal of) the Laura of St. Euthymios.

Commentary

The ruins of the monastery are located at the modern site of Khan-el-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem. The monastery was built in 425 and dedicated three years later, and is attested until the twelfth century. See Laurent, Corpus 5.2:412–13; ODB 2:756–57; Patrich, Sabas, 162–63, 224–28, 237–39.

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)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Sabas, Leader of Palestinian Monasticism. A Comparative Study in Eastern Monasticism, Fourth to Seventh Centuries (Open in Zotero)