Chousenios patrikios and strategos of Trichilopodia (?) (eleventh century)
Obverse
St. Stephen standing holding a censer and an incense box. Inscription in two columns: |στε|φανο.ο|πρ.|τομ|αρτ|ι, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Στέφανο(ς) ὁ πρ[ω]τομάρτι(ς). Border of dots.
Obverse
St. Stephen standing holding a censer and an incense box. Inscription in two columns: |στε|φανο.ο|πρ.|τομ|αρτ|ι, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Στέφανο(ς) ὁ πρ[ω]τομάρτι(ς). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, the final two letters between bars. No visible border.
Κ̅Ε̅,Θ,
χσενηον
Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣Sστρα
τηγοντρη
χιλποδι
ΑΣ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Χουσένηον π(ατ)ρί(κιον) (καὶ) στρατηγὸν Τρηχιλωποδίας
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.718 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 128.1. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Χουσένηον πατρίκιον καὶ στρατηγὸν Τρηχιλωποδίας.
Lord, help Chousenios patrikios and strategos of Trichilopodia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
For the seal of a certain Phersios protospatharios and tagmatophylax of Trichilopodia, see SBS 5 (1998): 72. Alternatively, the geographical name may be read: ΠΡΗΧΙΛΩΠΟΛΙΑC.