Niketas Atzikoumites, proedros (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding the medallion of Christ before her. Visible on left: . Μ(ήτ)ηρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. No border visible.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding the medallion of Christ before her. Visible on left: . Μ(ήτ)ηρ [Θ(εο)ῦ]. No border visible.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
..ΚΕ,Θ,
.ΙΚΗΤ
.ΡΟΤΟ
.ΙΚΜΙ
ΤΙ
[Θ(εοτό)]κε β(οή)θ(ει) [Ν]ικήτᾳ (προ)[έ]δρo τῷ Ἀ[τζ]ικουμίτι
Accession number | BZS 1951.31.5.1584 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Seibt-Nesbitt, "Odd surnames," no. 16. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ προέδρo τῷ Ἀτζικουμίτι.
Mother of God, help (your servant) the proedros Niketas Atzikoumites.
Bibliography
- Odd Surnames beginning with Alpha. A Selection of Examples of Byzantine Seals in the Harvard Collections (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
In their edition of this seal Seibt and Nesbitt cite a parallel seal showing an unusual ligature for προ- in the title proedros. Part of the same ligature appears at the end of the second line and will have had a small ο on top. There are also faint traces of a τζ ligature at the beginning of the fourth line which justifies the reading of the name Atzikoumites. Note a seeming variation of this name, Atzokometes, recorded in the Peira : PBW : Anonymus 12222.