George bishop of Sagalassos (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding a sceptre and globus. Sigla: Μ|ΙΧ|Α: Μιχα(ήλ). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a dot ornament. Border of dots.
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Γεωργ(ιος) ἐπίσκοπ(ος) Σ[α]γα[λ]ασοῦ
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding a sceptre and globus. Sigla: Μ|ΙΧ|Α: Μιχα(ήλ). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a dot ornament. Border of dots.
+ΓΕΡ
ΓΕΠΙΣΚ
ΟΠ,Σ.ΓΑ
.ΑΣΟΥ
Γεωργ(ιος) ἐπίσκοπ(ος) Σ[α]γα[λ]ασοῦ
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.270 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 97.2; Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1606. See also PBW : Georgios 20172. |
Translation
Γεωργιος ἐπίσκοπος Σαγαλασοῦ.
George, bishop of Sagalassos.
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)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Phrygien und Pisidien (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Sagalassos or Agalassos (near modern Aglasun) was a suffragan bishopric of Antioch of Pisidia and appears as such in all notitiae. Its bishops are attested in documentary sources from 381 onward. It was situated on the frontier between Anatolikon and Kibyrraiotai (De Them., XIV, 37) on the side of the latter, but we classify it together with its metropolis. See Laurent, Corpus V/2, 437; Zgusta, 523; Phrygien und Pisidien, 368-69.