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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.

σδ

[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of six lines preceded by a decoration. Border of dots.


ΙΠΡΙ
ΑΝΘΥΠΑ.
ΣΤΡΑΤ..
ΠΕΛΟΠˊ.
ΤΣΚΛ.
Ρ

Ἰω(άννῃ) π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ), ἀνθυπά[τ(ῳ)] (καὶ) στρατ[ηγ(ῷ)] Πελοπ(ο)[ν(ήσου)] τῷ Σκλ[η]ρῷ

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.

σδ

[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of six lines preceded by a decoration. Border of dots.


ΙΠΡΙ
ΑΝΘΥΠΑ.
ΣΤΡΑΤ..
ΠΕΛΟΠˊ.
ΤΣΚΛ.
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
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.

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.

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)