Theophilos metropolitan of Myra (eighth century)
Obverse
In the center, a cruciform monogram: Τ and Ρ in ligature at top; Σ at right; Α below; Γ at left; Ἁγία Τριάς. Within concentric wreath borders, a circular inscription beginning at top.
ΟΘΣΗ.ΝΒ.ΗΘΗΤΣΔΛˊ
Ἁγία Τριάς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
In the center, a cruciform monogram: Τ and Ρ in ligature at top; Σ at right; Α below; Γ at left; Ἁγία Τριάς. Within concentric wreath borders, a circular inscription beginning at top.
ΟΘΣΗ.ΝΒ.ΗΘΗΤΣΔΛˊ
Ἁγία Τριάς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
ΘΕ
ΦΙΛΜΗ
ΤΡΟΠΟΛΙ
ΤΗΜΥΡ
Ν
Θεωφίλῳ μητροπολίτῃ Μύρων
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4841 |
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Diameter | 32.0 mm; field: 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 72.6. |
Translation
Ἁγία Τριάς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεωφίλῳ μητροπολίτῃ Μύρων.
Holy Trinity, our God, help your servant Theophilos metropolitan of Myra.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Sur les variations numériques des évêchés byzantins (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The aniconic character and the invocation to the Trinity give the impression that the owner must have had iconoclastic convictions.