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Symeon bishop of Sora (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps, with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar; pellets adorning the upper quarters. Traces of a circular inscription, beginning at seven o'clock. No visible border.

+κε......σδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε β[οήθει τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a row of pellets below. No visible border.

+συ.
ενεπ
σκοπσ
ορν

Συ[μ]εὼν ἐπ[ι]σκόπῳ Σορῶν

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps, with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar; pellets adorning the upper quarters. Traces of a circular inscription, beginning at seven o'clock. No visible border.

+κε......σδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε β[οήθει τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a row of pellets below. No visible border.

+συ.
ενεπ
σκοπσ
ορν

Συ[μ]εὼν ἐπ[ι]σκόπῳ Σορῶν

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4675
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 21.2b.

Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 446.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Συμεὼν ἐπισκόπῳ Σορῶν.

Lord, help your servant Symeon, bishop of Sora.

Commentary

This seal and BZS.1958.106.265 are from the same boulloterion (and the same stock of blanks).

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)