The diakonia of the Theotokos of the property of Verus (seventh/eighth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God with Christ before her; at left and right, small crosses. Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between a double border of dots.
οτοκου
[Ὑπεραγίας Θε]οτόκου
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God with Christ before her; at left and right, small crosses. Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between a double border of dots.
οτοκου
[Ὑπεραγίας Θε]οτόκου
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, bottom line missing. Wreath border.
δι
κονισ
τονβι
Διακονίας τον Βί[ρου]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1982 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5, no. 34.1c. |
Translation
Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου Διακονίας τον Βίρου
(Seal of) the diakonia of the most holy Theotokos of the property of Verus.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
- Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae, Propylaeum ad AASS Novembris (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal is edited jointly with its counterparts from the same boulloterion: BZS 1951.31.5.1368 and 1958.106.43 (see also the commentary to this entry).