George metropolitan of Antioch (of Pisidia) and protosynkellos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a cross between horizontal bars. Border of dots.
γεργι
ονπροε
δροναντι
οχειασ
Γεώργιον πρόεδρον Ἀντιοχείας
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, cross between horizontal bars below.
Α
συγκελ
λον..νλα
τρ...τερ
σκεποισ
+
πρωτοσύγκελλον σὸν λάτρην, Σῶτερ, σκέποις
Obverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a cross between horizontal bars. Border of dots.
γεργι
ονπροε
δροναντι
οχειασ
Γεώργιον πρόεδρον Ἀντιοχείας
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, cross between horizontal bars below.
Α
συγκελ
λον..νλα
τρ...τερ
σκεποισ
+
πρωτοσύγκελλον σὸν λάτρην, Σῶτερ, σκέποις
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5190 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 89.2; Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1741. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 246. |
Translation
Γεώργιον πρόεδρον Ἀντιοχείας πρωτοσύγκελλον σὸν λάτρην, Σῶτερ, σκέποις.
Savior, may you watch over your servant George, metropolitan of Antioch and protosynkellos.
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)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Two twelve-syllable verses. Laurent read Λόγε instead of Σώτερ. He rightly identified the owner of the present seal with George of Antioch, first attested in 1079 (without any honorific title) and again in March 1082, when he was already protoproedros of the protosynkelloi (J. Gouillard, in Byzantion 29-20 [1959-69] 31; J. Gouillard, in TM [1985] 141). Our specimen was engraved between these two dates.
On Pisidia of Antioch, see the commentary to BZS 1958.106.155.