Prokopios bishop of Kibyrra (tenth century)
Obverse
A cruciform invocative monogram (type XII): Κύριε βοήθει. In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Between the second and third lines is a cross of dots (). Border of dots.
.ΠΡΟΚ
ΟΠΙΕΠ.
.ΚΟΠΚΙ
ΥΡΡΑ
Προκοπίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Κιβύρρας
Obverse
A cruciform invocative monogram (type XII): Κύριε βοήθει. In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Between the second and third lines is a cross of dots (). Border of dots.
.ΠΡΟΚ
ΟΠΙΕΠ.
.ΚΟΠΚΙ
ΥΡΡΑ
Προκοπίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Κιβύρρας
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.100 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 68.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Προκοπίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Κιβύρρας.
Lord, help your servant Prokopios bishop of Kibyrra.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Cibyrra et Cibyrréotes (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Kibyrra of Karia, close to modern Korsun (Gölhisar), was the site of a bishopric suffragan to Aphrodisias/Stauroupolis, attested in all notitiae from the 7th to the 13th century; its bishops are known to have attended councils from 325 to 869. We do not believe that it was ever the capital of the theme of the Kibyrraiotai, as suggested by Laurent. See DHGE 12 (1950) 826-27; Laurent, Corpus V/1, 382; Fedalto, 195-96; Zgusta, 253-54; P. Yannopoulos, "Cibyrra et Cibyrréotes," Byzantion 61 (1991) 520-29.