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N. asekretis and judge of Cephalonia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God holding Christ. Sigla: ΜΡ̅Θ: Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εοῦ). No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, decoration above. No visible border.


.ΚΕΘ,
.ΣΔ
..ΑΣΗΚΡΗ

.ΗΣΚΡΙΤ
.ΚΕΦΑΛΗΝΙ
..

[Θ(εοτό)]κε β(οή)θ(ει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δού[λ(ῳ)] .. ἀσηκρή[τ]ης (καὶ) κριτ[ῇ] Κεφαληνί[ας]

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God holding Christ. Sigla: ΜΡ̅Θ: Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εοῦ). No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, decoration above. No visible border.


.ΚΕΘ,
.ΣΔ
..ΑΣΗΚΡΗ

.ΗΣΚΡΙΤ
.ΚΕΦΑΛΗΝΙ
..

[Θ(εοτό)]κε β(οή)θ(ει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δού[λ(ῳ)] .. ἀσηκρή[τ]ης (καὶ) κριτ[ῇ] Κεφαληνί[ας]

Accession number BZS.1947.2.658
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 1.4.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .. ἀσηκρήτης καὶ κριτῇ Κεφαληνίας.

Mother of God, help your servant N., asekretis and judge of Cephalonia.

Bibliography

  • De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
  • Les sceaux byzantins du Médaillier Vatican (Open in Zotero)
  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Titres et fonctions de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)