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Theodore/Theodosios anthypatos, patrikios, and domestikos of the Schools of the West (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform Invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: .σ|δλ.. Border of dots.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription in six lines. Border of dots.

.εοδ.
..υπατ,
...ρικSδ
..στικ,τν
..ολν.
.υσε

[Θ]εοδ[ώρ(ῳ)/οσ(ίῳ) ἀνθ]υπάτ(ῳ), [πατ]ρικ(ίῳ) (καὶ) δω[με]στίκ(ῳ) τῶν [σχ]ολῶν [τ(ῆς) Δ]ύσε[ως]

Obverse

Cruciform Invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: .σ|δλ.. Border of dots.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription in six lines. Border of dots.

.εοδ.
..υπατ,
...ρικSδ
..στικ,τν
..ολν.
.υσε

[Θ]εοδ[ώρ(ῳ)/οσ(ίῳ) ἀνθ]υπάτ(ῳ), [πατ]ρικ(ίῳ) (καὶ) δω[με]στίκ(ῳ) τῶν [σχ]ολῶν [τ(ῆς) Δ]ύσε[ως]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3283
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1 no. 1.19.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ/Θεοδόσίῳ ἀνθυπάτῳ, πατρικίῳ καὶ δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως.

Lord or Theotokos, help your servant Theodore (or Theodosios) anthypatos, patrikios, and domestikos of the Schools of the West.

Commentary

There is no Theodore or Theodosios mentioned in Guilland's list of domestikoi of the Schools (Guilland, Recherches I, 427-468).

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Recherches sur les institutions byzantines (Open in Zotero)