Artabanes hypatos and protonotarios of Chaldia (ninth/tenth century)
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1546 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 32.32a. |
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on steps, with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar; rosace in each of the upper quarters. Circular inscription within a border of dots:
κεRοηθητσδουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
+ρτR
νηυπτ,
Sνοτρ,
χλδι,
Ἀρταβάνῃ ὑπάτ(ῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρ(ίῳ) Χαλδί(ας)
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀρταβάνῃ ὑπάτῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ Χαλδίας.
Lord, help your servant Artabanes, hypatos and protonotarios of Chaldia.
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1546 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 32.32a. |
Bibliography
- The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos
- De Thematibus
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των Βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας
- Znak sokraščenija na vizantijskih pečatjah VIII–pervoj poloviny X v.
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, volume 4: The East
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1546 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 32.32a. |
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1958.106.5576 come from the same boulloterion.
The seal of an Artabanes imperial spatharios and protonotarios of Chaldia, with a patriarchal cross, dated to the ninth/tenth century (Ermitage M-6148), was published by I. Sokolova, “Znak sokrascenija na vizantijskih pecatjah VIII-pervoj poloviny X v.,” Viz. Vrem. 47 (1986) 157-162, plate VI, no. 5 (cf. SBS 3 [1993] 171-172). He could be identical to the owner of the present specimen at a later stage of his career.