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Constantine asekretis and judge of the Thrakesioi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.


+κ̅εRο
ηθειτ
σδλ
κ̅̅ν̅

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κων(σταντίνῳ).

Reverse

Inscription of five lines with decoration above, the final letter between bars. Border of dots.


αση
κρητη
Sκριτη
θρακη
–σ,–

ἀσηκρήτῃ (καὶ) κριτῇ Θρᾳκησ(ίων).

Obverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.


+κ̅εRο
ηθειτ
σδλ
κ̅̅ν̅

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κων(σταντίνῳ).

Reverse

Inscription of five lines with decoration above, the final letter between bars. Border of dots.


αση
κρητη
Sκριτη
θρακη
–σ,–

ἀσηκρήτῃ (καὶ) κριτῇ Θρᾳκησ(ίων).

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1695
Diameter 25.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 2.11.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ ἀσηκρήτῃ καὶ κριτῇ Θρᾳκησίων.

Lord, help your servant Constantine, asekretis and judge 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)
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  • 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)