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Euthymios monk, kouboukleisios, and kathegoumenos of the monastery τοῦ Ἀνθρακίτου (?) (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of a female saint (perhaps St Thekla) holding her arm before her with her palm outward. Visible in column to left: η|α|γ : ἡ ἁγ(ία) . . . Traces of circular inscription along the circumference. Border of dots.

ΑΓ....ΗΘΗΤΩ.......

Ἁγ[ία βο]ήθη τῷ [σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, cross above. Border of dots.

ευθυ
μι.μον.
..κουο.
.ηγμ
ρακιτ 

Εὐθυμί[ῳ] μον[αχῷ], κουβο[υκλ(εισίῳ), κ(αὶ) καθ]ηγουμ(ένῳ) [μον(ῆς) τ(οῦ) Ἀνθ]ρακίτ(ου)

Obverse

Bust of a female saint (perhaps St Thekla) holding her arm before her with her palm outward. Visible in column to left: η|α|γ : ἡ ἁγ(ία) . . . Traces of circular inscription along the circumference. Border of dots.

ΑΓ....ΗΘΗΤΩ.......

Ἁγ[ία βο]ήθη τῷ [σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, cross above. Border of dots.

ευθυ
μι.μον.
..κουο.
.ηγμ
ρακιτ 

Εὐθυμί[ῳ] μον[αχῷ], κουβο[υκλ(εισίῳ), κ(αὶ) καθ]ηγουμ(ένῳ) [μον(ῆς) τ(οῦ) Ἀνθ]ρακίτ(ου)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.2056
Diameter 25.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5, no. 118.1.

Translation

Ἁγία βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Εὐθυμίῳ μοναχῷ, κουβουκλεισίῳ, καὶ καθηγουμένῳ μονῆς τοῦ Ἀνθρακίτου.

Holy one, help your servant Euthymios monk, kouboukleisios, and kathegoumenos of the monastery τοῦ Ἀνθρακίτου.

Commentary

The restoration ['Ανθ]ρακίτου is reasonably suggested by Laurent in his unpublished catalogue of the Shaw Collection. He may, however, have considered the reading too uncertain for the seal to be included in his catalogue of ecclesiastical seals. No monastery of this name is encountered in Janin or the sigillography.

We suspect that the female saint is Thekla. At right one sees in a column two initial letters, which appear to be rounded, so either a theta or epsilon, followed by what could be a malformed K and a Λ.

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)