Euthymios archbishop of Pareon (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.
ΕΥΘΥ
ΜΗΡΧΙ
ΕΠΗΣΚΟΠ
ΠΡΕΟΥ
Εὐθυμήῳ ἀρχιεπησκόπῳ Παρέου
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.15 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 64.2; Laurent, Corpus, V/1, no. 825; Laurent BZ 30 (1929/30) 634. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Εὐθυμήῳ ἀρχιεπησκόπῳ Παρέου.
Mother of God, help your servant Euthymios, archbishop of Pareon.
Bibliography
- Sceaux byzantins inédits (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Laurent suggests that the form Παρέου can be explained either as an engraver's error or as a result of the vocalism that interchanges iota with epsilon (Psaltes, Grammatik, 24-28).
Parion (modern Kemer on the Hellespont) was initially a suffragan bishopric of Kyzikos (represented at the Council of Nicaea in 325); by 640 it was an archbishopric and appears as such in all notitiae until the thirteenth century. Before 1261 it was united to the metropolis of Pegai. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 641.