John metropolitan of Pompeioupolis and synkellos (eleventh century)
Obverse
St. Michael standing; details obscure. Sigla preserved at right: χ : [Μ(ι)]χ(αήλ). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+κ̅εR,θ,
.....οπο
λιτ,πομπι
πολεσ
...γκ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [Ἰω(άννῃ) μ(ητ)ρ]οπολίτ(ῃ) Πομπϊουπόλεως [(καὶ) συ]γκ[έλλῳ
Obverse
St. Michael standing; details obscure. Sigla preserved at right: χ : [Μ(ι)]χ(αήλ). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+κ̅εR,θ,
.....οπο
λιτ,πομπι
πολεσ
...γκ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [Ἰω(άννῃ) μ(ητ)ρ]οπολίτ(ῃ) Πομπϊουπόλεως [(καὶ) συ]γκ[έλλῳ
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.938 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 20.4. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ μητροπολίτῃ Πομπϊουπόλεως καὶ συγκέλλῳ.
Lord, help John, metropolitan of Pompeioupolis and synkellos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Kilikien und Isaurien (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The loss of the last line casts some doubt on the final part of the inscription. Otherwise the seal does not present difficulties and we may be sure that our reading of the title metropolitan is secure. This rules out the existence of an epoptes of Pompeioupolis (as mentioned in Hild, Kilikien und Isaurien, Tabula Imperii Byzantini 5, Vienna, 1990, 381, note 22).