John metropolitan of Karia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Partially preserved bust of St. Michael holding scepter. One letter visible: Μ: Μιχαήλ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Partially preserved bust of St. Michael holding scepter. One letter visible: Μ: Μιχαήλ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, probably beginning with a cross. Decoration below. Border of dots.
.ΚΕΘ,
.ΣΔ,
.ΜΗΤ.Ο
ΠΟΛΙΤ.
ΚΑΡΙΑ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μητροπολίτῃ Καρίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.88 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 66.3. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μητροπολίτῃ Καρίας.
Lord, help your servant John metropolitan of Karia.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals from Aphrodisias (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Sur les variations numériques des évêchés byzantins (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Laurent noted two complete specimens in the Vienna Museum. He may well be right in saying that the owner of this seal is the metropolitan John who signed a synodal act of May 1030 and was replaced by 1032; another John of Karia signed the tomos of Sisinnios in 997. Yet another was in charge later in the 11th century (Nesbitt, "Seals from Aphrodisias," 161-62, no. 6).