Theodotos patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Armeniakoi (tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding the nimbus of the Christ child before her. Circular inscription within a border of dots. The letters Δ-Λ, on either side of the Virgin, complete the invocation. Border of dots.
θκεR, - τσδ-λ
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ δ(ού)λ(ῳ)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding the nimbus of the Christ child before her. Circular inscription within a border of dots. The letters Δ-Λ, on either side of the Virgin, complete the invocation. Border of dots.
θκεR, - τσδ-λ
Θ(εοτό)κε β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ δ(ού)λ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a row of pellets above and below. Border of dots.
+θεοδο
τ,πατρικ,R,
ασπαθ,Sστ
ρατιγ,τ,αρ
μενιακ,
Θεοδότ(ῳ) πατρικ(ίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατιγ(ῷ) τ(ῶν) Ἀρμενιακ(ῶν)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.558 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 22.49a. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδότῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν.
Mother of God, help your servant Theodotos patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Armeniakoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- The Armeniac Theme and the Fate of Its Leaders (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
- Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1951.31.5.2769 come from the same boulloterion.