Philotheos (bishop) of Kyme (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Evangelist blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. On right side part of a vertical inscription: ο|λο|γο|σ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θε]ολόγος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.
– · –
+θεολ,
γεRοηθ,
φιλοθεω
κυμησ
– · –
Θεολ(ό)γε βοήθ(ει) Φιλοθέῳ Κύμης.
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Evangelist blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. On right side part of a vertical inscription: ο|λο|γο|σ : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θε]ολόγος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.
– · –
+θεολ,
γεRοηθ,
φιλοθεω
κυμησ
– · –
Θεολ(ό)γε βοήθ(ει) Φιλοθέῳ Κύμης.
| Accession number | BZS.1947.2.206 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 20.1. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 298. |
Translation
Θεολόγε βοήθει Φιλοθέῳ Κύμης.
Theologos, help Philotheos of Kyme.
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)
- Les évêchés suffragants d’Ephèse aux 5e-13e siècles (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Kyme (modern Nemrut Köy), a coastal city to the north of Phocaea, was a suffragan bishopric of Ephesos mentioned in all notitiae from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries. Its first known bishop is attested in 431, the last in 1229. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 211; Culerrier, Suffragants d'Ephèse, 156-57 (episcopal list).