Eudokia Kontostephanina (twelfth century, second half)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
γρν
σργισμ
τησκοντο
ενι
νσ
γραφῶν σφράγισμα τῆς Κοντοστεφανίνας
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
γρν
σργισμ
τησκοντο
ενι
νσ
γραφῶν σφράγισμα τῆς Κοντοστεφανίνας
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
τ̣ησ
ρττρχ
.υγτροσ
.υοκισ
τῆς πανστρατάρχου [θ]υγατρὸς [Ε]ὐδοκίας
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.479 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Bulles métriques, no. 615; cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 580. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
γραφῶν σφράγισμα τῆς Κοντοστεφανίνας τῆς πανστρατάρχου θυγατρὸς Εὐδοκίας.
Seal of the correspondence of Eudokia Kontostephanina, daughter of the supreme commander.
Bibliography
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The owner of the seal identifies herself as the daughter of the "supreme commander" (πανστρατάρχης) who may well have been Stephanos Kontostephanos, known to have been megas doux of the fleet when he was killed during the siege of Kerkyra in 1148. See BZS 1955.1.3896 and PBW : Stephanos 17003.