John bishop of Andrapa (seventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
..
ννου
επισκο
που
Ἰωάννου ἐπισκόπου
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
.ο
λεσ
νδρ
πον
πόλεως Ἀνδράπον
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.103 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, 25.2b. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 430. A similar specimen (not illustrated) is preserved in the IFEB collection (no. 564). Laurent illustrates (ibid. pl. 59) the obverse of this seal and the reverse of BZS.1958.106.92. |
Translation
Ἰωάννου ἐπισκόπου πόλεως Ἀνδράπον.
(Seal of) John, bishop of the city of Andrapa.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (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)
- Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1958.106.92 are from the same boulloterion. This reading of the seal is based on its better preserved counterpart.
Laurent suggested that the owner was the bishop John, in attendance at the Council of 681 (Mansi, XI, 616, 628, 649).