Anastasios/Athanasios deacon of the Great Church and kouboukleisios (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Faint outline of a bearded bust (seemingly a military saint holding a spear in his right hand). No legible epigraphy. No visible border.
Obverse
Faint outline of a bearded bust (seemingly a military saint holding a spear in his right hand). No legible epigraphy. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. No visible border.
. . .
ΑΣΙΔ
ΚΟΝΟΤ.
.ΕΓΑΛΕ
.ΛΙ,Κ
.ΚΛ
[Ἀναστ / Ἀθαν]ασίῳ δ[ια]κόνο τ[ῆς Μ]εγάλ(ης) Ἐ[κ]λι(σίας) (καὶ) κου[β]ουκλ(εισίῳ)
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4914 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5, no. 42.31. |
Translation
Ἀναστ / Ἀθανασίῳ διακόνο τῆς Μεγάλης Ἐκλισίας καὶ κουβουκλεισίῳ.
Anastasios / Athanasios deacon of the Great Church and kouboukleisios.
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
Either Athanasios or Anastasios is possible based on what remains of the second line. However, we would argue that the latter is perhaps more likely, as the lower portions of two letters visible on the first line seem to be NA.