N. imperial spatharios and paraphylax of Amorion (seventh/eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: ..Σ.|ΔΛ. No border visible.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: ..Σ.|ΔΛ. No border visible.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of at least six lines. No border visible.
Β /ΣΠ.
ΠΡΦΥ
ΛΚΙΤ
ΜΡΙ
.Υ
.. βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ παραφύλακι τοῦ Ἀμωρίου
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3164 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 88.3b. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ... βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ παραφύλακι τοῦ Ἀμωρίου.
Lord or Mother of God, help your servant N., imperial spatharios and paraphylax of Amorion.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
On Amorion and the seals of officials active there, see the commentary to BZS 1955.1.1528.