Basil Doukas Kamateros, brother-in-law of the emperor (1195-1203)
Obverse
Inscription of six lines. Thick linear border.
σιλιο.
υσυκλσ
κνουσ
κικμτ
υτνκτοσ
υσονν
Βασίλειος φὺς εὐκλεοῦς Δουκῶν γένους καὶ Καματηρῶν, αὐτάνακτος Αὐσόνων
Obverse
Inscription of six lines. Thick linear border.
σιλιο.
υσυκλσ
κνουσ
κικμτ
υτνκτοσ
υσονν
Βασίλειος φὺς εὐκλεοῦς Δουκῶν γένους καὶ Καματηρῶν, αὐτάνακτος Αὐσόνων
Reverse
Inscription of eight lines. Thick linear border.
..νι
κλοσ
νγρισ
κιπρκτοις
ττ
τοντυπν
σκλιθρον
ρι
γυναικαδελφός, ἐν γραφαῖς καὶ πρακτέοις τῶν γραμμάτων τὸν τύπων ὡς κλίθρον φέρει
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3819 |
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Diameter | 36.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Oikonomides, Dated Seals, no. 127; Zacos-Veglery, no. 2750; cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 187a. |
Translation
Βασίλειος φὺς εὐκλεοῦς Δουκῶν γένους καὶ Καματηρῶν, αὐτάνακτος Αὐσόνων γυναικαδελφός, ἐν γραφαῖς καὶ πρακτέοις τῶν γραμμάτων τὸν τύπων ὡς κλίθρον φέρει.
Offspring of the illustrious Doukas and Kamateros families, brother-in-law of the emperor of the Romans, Basil presents this inscribed seal as the lock on his correspondence and acts.
Bibliography
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This must be the brother of Euphrosyne Doukaina, the wife of the emperor Alexios III Angelos (1195-1203). The inscription consists of four dodecasyllabic verses.