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Theodore Proteuon, protospatharios and judge of the Kibyrraiotai (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God holding Christ. Sigla preserved at left: ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines (top line missing) followed by decoration. Border of dots.

ΣΠ
ΚΡΙΤ,Τ
ΚΙΥΡΡΙ
ΤΝΤ,Π.
ΤΕΥΟΝΤ,

[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Θεοδ(ώρῳ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν τ(ῷ) Πρωτεύοντ(ι)

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God holding Christ. Sigla preserved at left: ̅ : Μή(τη)ρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines (top line missing) followed by decoration. Border of dots.

ΣΠ
ΚΡΙΤ,Τ
ΚΙΥΡΡΙ
ΤΝΤ,Π.
ΤΕΥΟΝΤ,

[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Θεοδ(ώρῳ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν τ(ῷ) Πρωτεύοντ(ι)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1533
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 59.13b.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν τῷ Πρωτεύοντι.

Mother of God, help Theodore Proteuon, protospatharios and judge of the Kibyrraiotai.

Commentary

The reading of this seal has been reconstructed with reference to another from the same owner: BZS 1951.31.5.699 (linked to this entry).

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