Peter Gymnos, patrikios, anythpatos and judge of the Thrakesioi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding Christ on her left arm. Sigla on either side : Θ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εοῦ). Circular inscription within a border of dots:
θκεRοηθειτσδλ
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines preceded and followed by a decoration. Border of dots.
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πετρω
πρ̅ι̅ανθυ
πατSκρι
τ,τνθρακη
σιντ
γυμν
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Πέτρῳ π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ), ἀνθυπάτῳ (καὶ) κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Θρᾳκησίων τῷ Γυμνῷ
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding Christ on her left arm. Sigla on either side : Θ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εοῦ). Circular inscription within a border of dots:
θκεRοηθειτσδλ
Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines preceded and followed by a decoration. Border of dots.
– –
πετρω
πρ̅ι̅ανθυ
πατSκρι
τ,τνθρακη
σιντ
γυμν
– –
Πέτρῳ π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ), ἀνθυπάτῳ (καὶ) κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Θρᾳκησίων τῷ Γυμνῷ
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3044 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 31.0 mm; field: 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.26b. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Πέτρῳ πατρικίῳ, ἀνθυπάτῳ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων τῷ Γυμνῷ.
Mother of God, help your servant Peter Gymnos, patrikios, anthypatos, and judge of the Thrakesioi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1955.1.3043 come from the same boulloterion. The family name Gymnos is attested in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries: Skylitzes cont., 183; Choniates, 72 (an archon of Corfou). See also BZS.1951.31.5.238.