Niketas bishop of Ionopolis (and chartoularios) of the Great Orphanotropheion (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ..–θ̅υ : [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding a medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ..–θ̅υ : [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.
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[Θ(εοτό)κε] β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ [σ]ῷ δού(λῳ) Νικήτ(ᾳ) ἐπισ[κό]π(ῳ) [Ἰ]ωνο[π]ό[λ(εως) (καὶ) χ(αρ)τ(ου)λ(αρίῳ)] τοῦ μ(ε)γ(άλου) ὀρ[φα]ν(ο)τροφ(είου)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2092 |
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Diameter | 29.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 18.2 The reading of this seal has been restored according to parallel specimens published in Zacos, Seals II, no. 644, and in Sig., 155. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικήτᾳ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἰωνοπόλεως καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ μεγάλου ὀρφανοτροφείου.
Mother of God, help your servant Niketas, bishop of Ionopolis and chartoularios of the Great Orphanotropheion.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)