Theodoulos bishop of Palaia Polis (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
A cross on three steps. Within concentric circles of dots, a circular inscription.
......ΟΗΘ...ΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
A cross on three steps. Within concentric circles of dots, a circular inscription.
......ΟΗΘ...ΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΘΕΔ
ΟΥΛΕΠΗ
ΣΚΟΠΠ
ΛΕΟΣΠΑΛ.
.ΑΣΑ
Θεωδούλῳ ἐπησκόπῳ Πώλεος Παλαιᾶς ἀμήν
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4686 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 107.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεωδούλῳ ἐπησκόπῳ Πώλεος Παλαιᾶς. Ἀμήν.
Lord, help your servant Theodoulos, bishop of Palaia Polis. Amen.
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)
Commentary
There were two bishoprics named Palaiopolis in Byzantine times: the first, a suffragan of Ephesos in Asia, is identified with Balayanbolu on the left bank of the Kaystros river; the second, also called Ἀλέους or Ἀλεεροῦ, a suffragan of Perge/Sylaion of Pamphylia, is sought close to the river Lysis. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 147; RE 18, 2448-49.