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|δλ.. Border of dots.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform Invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: .σ|δλ.. Border of dots.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription in six lines. Border of dots.
.εοδ.
..υπατ,
...ρικSδ
..στικ,τν
..ολν.
.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 |
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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.
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)
Commentary
There is no Theodore or Theodosios mentioned in Guilland's list of domestikoi of the Schools (Guilland, Recherches I, 427-468).