Pothos Monomachos, orphanotrophos and judge of the Armeniakoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. George, beardless, holding a martyr's cross before him. Vertical inscription on either side: |γ|ε-|ρ|γ, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ιος). Remains of a circular inscription within a border of dots:
+κε.....ποθ
Κ(ύρι)ε [βοήθει] Πόθῳ
Obverse
Bust of St. George, beardless, holding a martyr's cross before him. Vertical inscription on either side: |γ|ε-|ρ|γ, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώργ(ιος). Remains of a circular inscription within a border of dots:
+κε.....ποθ
Κ(ύρι)ε [βοήθει] Πόθῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ορφν
τροφκρι
τ,τνρμε
ικντ
μονομ
χ
ὀρφανοτρόφῳ, κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Ἀρμε[ν]ιακῶν τῷ Μονομάχῳ
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.861 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 22.18b. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Πόθῳ ὀρφανοτρόφῳ, κριτῇ τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν τῷ Μονομάχῳ.
Lord, help Pothos Monomachos, orphantotrophos and judge of the Armeniakoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- The Armeniac Theme and the Fate of Its Leaders (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
- Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This specimen and BZS.1958.106.861 seem to come from the same boulloterion. See the commentary to that entry.