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N. protonotarios of Paphlagonia (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: τ-σ.|δ-λ. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, top line missing. No visible border.

....
./νοτ
ριπφ
.γον/

.....ῳ (πρωτο)νοτ[α]ρίῳ Παφ[λ]αγον(ίας)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: τ-σ.|δ-λ. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, top line missing. No visible border.

....
./νοτ
ριπφ
.γον/

.....ῳ (πρωτο)νοτ[α]ρίῳ Παφ[λ]αγον(ίας)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1010
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 11.30b; Zacos-Veglery, no. 2618.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεότοκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .....ῳ πρωτονοταρίῳ Παφλαγονίας.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant .....os, protonotarios of Paphlagonia.

Commentary

This seal and BZS.1958.106.1009 come from the same boulloterion and their readings have been combined.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin II (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)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)