Gabriel Tzirithon, judge of Thrace (eleventh century)
Obverse
St. George standing, holding spear, his left hand set on shield resting on the ground. Vertical inscription visible: Ο|Α|Γ|Ι|Ο|ΣΓ|Ε|Ρ|ΓΙ|Ο,: Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΤΟΥΤΖΙ
ΡΙΘΝΟΣ
ΓΑΡΙΗΛ
ΚΡΙΤΟΥ
ΘΡΑΚΗΣ
Τοῦ Τζιρίθωνος Γαβριὴλ κριτοῦ Θρᾴκης
Obverse
St. George standing, holding spear, his left hand set on shield resting on the ground. Vertical inscription visible: Ο|Α|Γ|Ι|Ο|ΣΓ|Ε|Ρ|ΓΙ|Ο,: Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΤΟΥΤΖΙ
ΡΙΘΝΟΣ
ΓΑΡΙΗΛ
ΚΡΙΤΟΥ
ΘΡΑΚΗΣ
Τοῦ Τζιρίθωνος Γαβριὴλ κριτοῦ Θρᾴκης
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4243 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 26.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 71.11c. |
Translation
Τοῦ Τζιρίθωνος Γαβριὴλ κριτοῦ Θρᾴκης.
(Seal of) Gabriel Tzirithon, judge of Thrace.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea
- De Thematibus
- Die zweihundertjährige Reform (Zu den Anfängen der Themenorganisation im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert)
- Ανίχνευση τοπογραφική της Ανατολικής Θράκης
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung
- La Thrace orientale et la Mer Noire: Géographie ecclésiastique et prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe siècles)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae
- "Thrakien" und "Thrakesion,"
Commentary
The inscription is a twelve-syllable verse. Laurent, Bulles métriques, no. 530, republished, with corrections, a seal previously edited by Schlumberger: τοῦ Τζιρίθωνος Γαβριὴλ κριτοῦ σφραγίς. One suspects that the reading of the final word should be emended to Θρᾴκης. Gabriel Tzirithon, a dishypatos, was judge of Thrace shortly before 1075: Catalogue des mss. alchimiques grecs 6 (1928) 196. Members of this family are listed by Laurent in EO 30 (1931) 476-77; cf. Hellenika 9 (1936) 21-25.