John Skleros, patrikios, anthypatos and strategos of the Peloponnesos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding medallion of Christ before her. Remnants of sigla at right: Υ: [Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)]ῦ. Traces of a circular inscription. Border of dots.
σδ
[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ούλῳ]
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding medallion of Christ before her. Remnants of sigla at right: Υ: [Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)]ῦ. Traces of a circular inscription. Border of dots.
σδ
[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of six lines preceded by a decoration. Border of dots.
ΙΠΡΙ
ΑΝΘΥΠΑ.
ΣΤΡΑΤ..
ΠΕΛΟΠˊ.
ΤΣΚΛ.
Ρ
Ἰω(άννῃ) π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ), ἀνθυπά[τ(ῳ)] (καὶ) στρατ[ηγ(ῷ)] Πελοπ(ο)[ν(ήσου)] τῷ Σκλ[η]ρῷ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1047 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 22.28. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ πατρικίῳ, ἀνθυπάτῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Πελοπονήσου τῷ Σκληρῷ.
Mother of God, help your servant John Skleros, patrikios, anthypatos, and strategos of the Peloponnesos.
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)
- Die Skleroi: Eine prosopographisch-sigillographische Studie (Open in Zotero)
- La Morée franque: Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d’Achaïe (1205-1430) (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Realities of Byzantine Provincial Government: Hellas and Peloponnesos, 1180-1205 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The seal is mentioned in Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1389, and by Seibt, Skleroi, 102, no. 25, with a very tentative proposal for identification. See also PBW : Ioannes 20345.