N., .... and tourmarches of the Thrakesioi (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram of indeterminate type; in the quarters: τ|δ-λ. No visible border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ [σῷ] δούλ[ῳ]
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram of indeterminate type; in the quarters: τ|δ-λ. No visible border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ [σῷ] δούλ[ῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of five or six lines. No visible border.
..σ
. /Sτρ
αρχητ
θρακι
σιν
[...........] (καὶ) τουρ[μ]άρχῃ τῶ[ν] Θρᾳκισίων.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1539 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.60. Zacos-Veglery, no. 2644. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ........... καὶ τουρμάρχῃ τῶν Θρᾳκισίων.
Lord or Mother of God, help your servant ..., ... and tourmarches of the Thrakesioi.
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)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Before the σ in the first line of the reverse, as well as before the abbreviation mark at the beginning of the second line, we see the remnants of a letter with two slanting sides (Α, Δ, Λ). The possibilities for the honorific title expected at this position are too numerous (from protospatharios to silentiarios) to propose any restoration here.