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Eudokia Kontostephanina (twelfth century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


γρν
σργισμ
τησκοντο
ενι
νσ

γραφῶν σφράγισμα τῆς Κοντοστεφανίνας

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

τ̣ησ
ρττρχ
.υγτροσ
.υοκισ

τῆς πανστρατάρχου [θ]υγατρὸς [Ε]ὐδοκίας

Obverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


γρν
σργισμ
τησκοντο
ενι
νσ

γραφῶν σφράγισμα τῆς Κοντοστεφανίνας

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

τ̣ησ
ρττρχ
.υγτροσ
.υοκισ

τῆς πανστρατάρχου [θ]υγατρὸς [Ε]ὐδοκίας

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.479
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.

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.

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)