Teleryg-Theophylaktos, patrikios (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram: Χριστέ βοήθει. In the quarters: τσ|λ. Wreath border.
Χριστέ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
τελ
ερυγθε
οΦυλκ
τπτρ
ικι
Τελερὺγ Θεοφυλάκτῳ πατρικίῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram: Χριστέ βοήθει. In the quarters: τσ|λ. Wreath border.
Χριστέ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
τελ
ερυγθε
οΦυλκ
τπτρ
ικι
Τελερὺγ Θεοφυλάκτῳ πατρικίῳ
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2203 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 29.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Zacos-Veglery, no. 3188; Oikonomides, Dated Seals, no. 41. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Χριστέ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Τελερὺγ Θεοφυλάκτῳ πατρικίῳ.
Christ, help your servant Teleryg-Theophylaktos, patrikios.
Bibliography
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The owner of this seal was the Bulgar khan Teleryg who is known to have been baptised in Constantinople in 776/77, to have received the title patrikios, and to have married the cousin of the empress Eirene. But as Oikonomides points out, Theophylaktos must be understood as Teleryg's baptismal name and not as an epithet accompanying patrikios.