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George bishop of Stratonikeia (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Philip blessing and holding a scroll. Inscription: |Φ|ΙΛ|Ι|Π: ὁ ἅγιος Φίλιππος. Within a border of dots, traces of a circular inscription.

ΚΕ.........Λ.

Κύριε βοήθει τσῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΓΕΟΡ
Γ,ΕΠΙΣΚΟ
.ΣΤΡΑ
ΤΟΝΙΚΗ
ΑΣ

Γεοργίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Στρατονικήας

Obverse

Bust of St. Philip blessing and holding a scroll. Inscription: |Φ|ΙΛ|Ι|Π: ὁ ἅγιος Φίλιππος. Within a border of dots, traces of a circular inscription.

ΚΕ.........Λ.

Κύριε βοήθει τσῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΓΕΟΡ
Γ,ΕΠΙΣΚΟ
.ΣΤΡΑ
ΤΟΝΙΚΗ
ΑΣ

Γεοργίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Στρατονικήας

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4643
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 108.3b.
Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 374.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεοργίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Στρατονικήας.

Lord, help your servant George, bishop of Stratonikeia.

Commentary

On the seals of bishops from Stratonikeia, see the commentary to BZS 1958.106.60.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)