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Leo kommerkiarios of Cyprus and Attaleia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Details unclear. Sigla preserved at right: ΘΥ̅: [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.


ΚΕ̅.

ΛΕΝΤ,
ΜΕΡΚ,Κ
ΠΡ
ΤΑ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Λέωντ(ι) [κο]μερκ(ιαρίῳ) Κ[ύ]πρου (καὶ) [Ἀ]τα[λ(είας)]

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Details unclear. Sigla preserved at right: ΘΥ̅: [Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.


ΚΕ̅.

ΛΕΝΤ,
ΜΕΡΚ,Κ
ΠΡ
ΤΑ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)] Λέωντ(ι) [κο]μερκ(ιαρίῳ) Κ[ύ]πρου (καὶ) [Ἀ]τα[λ(είας)]

Accession number BZS.1947.2.48
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 64.3. Cf. a similar seal published in Sig., 305, no. 2.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Λέωντι κομερκιαρίῳ Κύπρου καὶ Ἀταλείας.

Lord, help Leo kommerkiarios of Cyprus and Attaleia.

Commentary

The eleventh-century seal of a kommerkiarios of Attaleia named Leo is published by Szemioth-Wasilewski, no. 52.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierosolymitikē Vivliothēkē, ētoi Katalogos tōn en tais vivliothēkais : tou hagiōtatou apostolikou te kai katholikou orthodoxou patriarchikou thronou tōn Hierosolymōn kai pasēs Palaistinēs apokeimenōn Hellēnikōn Kōdikōn (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Αττάλεια ως έδρα του βυζαντινού ναυτικού θέματος Καραβησιάνων/ Κιβυρραιωτών, μέσα 7ου-τέλη 11ου αι. (Open in Zotero)
  • Recueil des inscriptions grecques-chrétiennes d’Asie mineure (Open in Zotero)
  • Sur la route des saints byzantins (Open in Zotero)