The Pantepoptes monastery (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
παν
τεπο
πτα
ὦ Παντέποπτα
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
σ
ετσ
σσοι
κετˊ
σῷζε τοὺς σοῦς [οἰ]κέτ(ας)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.237 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm; field: 12.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 53.1a; Laurent, Corpus 5.2: no. 1171 (tenth/eleventh centuries). Laurent misidentified the accession number as 1958.106.240, and illustrated the specimen as no. 1172 on pl. 149. A similar specimen is published in Seyrig, no. 281. |
Translation
ὦ Παντέποπτα σῷζε τοὺς σοῦς οἰκέτας.
O Pantepoptes, save your servants.
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)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Twelve-syllable verse. The reading is combined with its parallel from the same boulloterion: BZS 1958.106.5250. Note the ligature of Π and Τ in the fourth line of the obverse.