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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

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

ορφν
τροφκρι
τ,τνρμε
ικντ
μονομ
χ

ὀρφανοτρόφῳ, κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Ἀρμε[ν]ιακῶν τῷ Μονομάχῳ

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.

ορφν
τροφκρι
τ,τνρμε
ικντ
μονομ
χ

ὀρφανοτρόφῳ, κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Ἀρμε[ν]ιακῶν τῷ Μονομάχῳ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.861
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.

Commentary

This specimen and BZS.1958.106.861 seem to come from the same boulloterion. See the commentary to that entry.

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)