Theo(ktisos/gnostos?) dioiketes and kommerkiarios of the Cyclades (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram of indeterminate type; in the four quarters: .Σ|..Λ. No visible border.
Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram of indeterminate type; in the four quarters: .Σ|..Λ. No visible border.
Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
ΘΕΟ
ΣΤΔ
Τ,ΚΟΜ
ΙΑΡ/Κ
Δ
Θεοκτί/γνὠστῳ διοικητῇ καὶ κομμερκιαρίῳ Κυκλάδων
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1948 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 42.6. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοκτί/γνὠστῳ διοικητῇ καὶ κομμερκιαρίῳ Κυκλάδων.
Lord or Theotokos, help your servant Theo(ktistos/gnostos?) dioiketes and kommerkiarios of the Cyclades.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)
- Corinth, Vol. 12, The Minor Objects (Open in Zotero)
- Patmiakē Vivliothēkē: ētoi neos katalogos tōn cheirographōn kōdikōn tēs Hieras Monēs Hagiou Iōannou tou Theologou Patmou (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
We assume that in the ninth century, the Cyclades, still going by that name and always represented an administrative entity, were part of a theme or of a droungariate: in all likelihood Samos.