Tarasios hypatos and archon of the Kibyrraiotai (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the four angles: ΤΡ|ΣΙΩ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ταρασίῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the four angles: ΤΡ|ΣΙΩ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ταρασίῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
ΥΠ
ΤΩΡΧ
ΟΝΤΙΤΩ
ΝΚΥΒΕΡΙ
ΟΤΩΝ
ὑπάτῳ (καὶ) ἄρχοντι τῶν Κυβεριοτῶν
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1449 |
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Diameter | 34.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 59.1b. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ταρασίῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι τῶν Κυβεριοτῶν.
Theotokos, help Tarasios hypatos and archon of the Kibyrraiotai.
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Commentary
This is one of two seals from the same boulloterion which have been edited jointly: see BZS 1955.1.663 (linked to this entry).