Priests and ekklesiekdikoi (of Saint Sophia) (twelfth century)
Obverse
The Mother of God (right) and Justinian (left), holding between them a model of the church of Saint Sophia. Inscription above and in center: ΗΑ|ΓΙΑ Σ|Ο|Φ|Ι|Α : Ἡ Ἁγία Σοφία. Invocative circular inscription at left, and circular inscription at right: ΘΚ̅Ε̅ΟΗΘΕΙ : and: ΙΙΝΙΑΝΟΔΕΣ : Ἰουστινιανὸ(ν) δεσ(πότην)? Border of dots.
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει
Obverse
The Mother of God (right) and Justinian (left), holding between them a model of the church of Saint Sophia. Inscription above and in center: ΗΑ|ΓΙΑ Σ|Ο|Φ|Ι|Α : Ἡ Ἁγία Σοφία. Invocative circular inscription at left, and circular inscription at right: ΘΚ̅Ε̅ΟΗΘΕΙ : and: ΙΙΝΙΑΝΟΔΕΣ : Ἰουστινιανὸ(ν) δεσ(πότην)? Border of dots.
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of six lines preceded by decoration. Border of dots.
τοισθεο
σεε.τα
το..πρεσ
.τεροισ
...εκκλ.
..κδικ...
τοῖς θεοσεβε[σ]τάτο[ις] πρεσβ[υ]τέροις [καὶ] ἐκκλ[ησε]κδίκ[οις]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2934 |
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Diameter | 76.0 mm; field: 55.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 42.14; Laurent, Corpus 5.1: no. 112 (illustrated on pl. 16). |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τοῖς θεοσεβεστάτοις πρεσβυτέροις καὶ ἐκκλησεκδίκοις.
Mother of God, help the most reverent priests and judges of Hagia Sophia.
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)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- The Virgin and Justinian on Seals of the Ekklesiekdikoi of Hagia Sophia (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See the commentary to BZS 1951.31.5.2933.