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John Katakalos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans with thmedallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΑΤΑ
ΚΑΛΟΝΑ
ΓΣΕΠ,
Ι̅

Κατακαλόν, ἁγνή, σκέπ(οις) Ἰω(άννην)

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God orans with thmedallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΚΑΤΑ
ΚΑΛΟΝΑ
ΓΣΕΠ,
Ι̅

Κατακαλόν, ἁγνή, σκέπ(οις) Ἰω(άννην)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.949
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1094.

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

Translation

Κατακαλόν, ἁγνή, σκέποις Ἰωάννην.

Holy One, may you protect John Katakalos.

Commentary

Several other types of seals belonging to an individual named John Katakalos, dated to the eleventh century, are possibly related to this seal: (1) BZS.1947.2.1044 and BZS 1958.106.2607, (2) BZS.1955.1.4201 and BZS.1955.1.4202, (3) Laurent, Corpus, V, 2, no. 1400, (4) BZS.1955.1.3093, Schlumberger, MA, no. 22 and Konstantopoulos, no. 645.

Bibliography

  • Corpus of Byzantine Seals from Bulgaria (Open in Zotero)
  • Mélanges d’archéologie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)