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Isaac Komnenos (twelfth century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Partially preserved image of St. George standing and balancing his shield against the ground. Epigraphy visible at right: γε||γι|οσ : [ὁ ἅγιος] Γεώργιος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of eight lines, a cross above and a decoration below. Border of dots.


κομνην
ουκοπ
τροπτ
ισκιον
οκρ
θυγοπ
.ροστε
.εσκε
  

Κομνην[ο]δουκόπ[αιδα] μητροπατ[ρόθεν] Ἰσαάκιον [ὃς σε]βαστοκρα[τόρων] θυγατρόπ[αις γαμβ]ρός τε, [μάρτυς, μ]ε σκέ[ποις]

Obverse

Partially preserved image of St. George standing and balancing his shield against the ground. Epigraphy visible at right: γε||γι|οσ : [ὁ ἅγιος] Γεώργιος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of eight lines, a cross above and a decoration below. Border of dots.


κομνην
ουκοπ
τροπτ
ισκιον
οκρ
θυγοπ
.ροστε
.εσκε
  

Κομνην[ο]δουκόπ[αιδα] μητροπατ[ρόθεν] Ἰσαάκιον [ὃς σε]βαστοκρα[τόρων] θυγατρόπ[αις γαμβ]ρός τε, [μάρτυς, μ]ε σκέ[ποις]

Accession number BZS.1947.2.1089
Diameter 43.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1116 (listing previous editions); the seal dates from before 1185.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κομνηνοδουκόπαιδα μητροπατρόθεν Ἰσαάκιον ὃς σεβαστοκρατόρων θυγατρόπαις γαμβρός τε, μάρτυς, με σκέποις.

Martyr, watch over me, Isaac, a descendant of the Komnenoi and Doukai through my mother and father, the son of a sebastokrator's daughter and brother-in-law to another.

Commentary

See the commentary to the parallel specimen BZS.1951.31.5.532.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)