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]
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.
..κουο.
.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 |
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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.
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)
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The restoration ['Ανθ]ρακίτου is reasonably suggested by Laurent in his unpublished catalogue of the Shaw Collection.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.