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Anastasios judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.


Κ̅Ε̅,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
ΑΝΑΣΤ,Σ
ΤΚΡΤˊ
 

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Ἀναστ(α)σ(ίῳ) τῷ κρ(ι)τ(ῇ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.


ΠΕΛΟ
ΠΟΝΝΗ
ΣΟΥΕ
ΛΛΑΔ

Πελοποννήσου (καὶ) Ἑλλάδ(ος)

Obverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.


Κ̅Ε̅,Θ,
ΤΣΔ,
ΑΝΑΣΤ,Σ
ΤΚΡΤˊ
 

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Ἀναστ(α)σ(ίῳ) τῷ κρ(ι)τ(ῇ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.


ΠΕΛΟ
ΠΟΝΝΗ
ΣΟΥΕ
ΛΛΑΔ

Πελοποννήσου (καὶ) Ἑλλάδ(ος)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1240
Diameter 26.0 mm; field: 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 8.13. See also Zacos, Seals II, no. 950.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀναστασίῳ τῷ κριτῇ Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος.

Lord, help your servant Anastasios, the judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas.

Commentary

The Zacos seal may reasonably be assigned to the owner of our seal. It clearly shows the unexpected reading ΤΩΚΡΙΤΗ which may either be a mistake or was meant to distinguish our Anastaios from another official of the same name who was not a judge.

Bibliography

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