Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1546 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.