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Theophylaktos imperial spatharios and judge of Charsianon (eleventh century, ca. 1032)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas; details indistinct. Vertical inscription on either side: |νι-κ|ο|λ, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Traces of a circular inscription. No visible border.

+κε....σδλ,

Κ(ύρι)ε [β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No visible border.

θεοφυ
λακτR
σπαθκρι
τ,χαρσι
αν

Θεοφυλάκτῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) κριτ(ῇ) Χαρσιανοῦ

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas; details indistinct. Vertical inscription on either side: |νι-κ|ο|λ, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Traces of a circular inscription. No visible border.

+κε....σδλ,

Κ(ύρι)ε [β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No visible border.

θεοφυ
λακτR
σπαθκρι
τ,χαρσι
αν

Θεοφυλάκτῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) κριτ(ῇ) Χαρσιανοῦ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2519
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 40.12b.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφυλάκτῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ Χαρσιανοῦ.

Lord, help your servant Theophylaktos, imperial spatharios and judge of Charsianon.

Commentary

This seal and BZS.1955.1.2854 come from the same boulloterion and their readings have been combined. See the commentary to the other entry.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Studies in Byzantine Sigillography (Open in Zotero)
  • War Gagik II. von Grossarmenien ca. 1072-1073 Μέγας Δοὺξ Χαρσιανοῦ? (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
  • Le thème et la forteresse de Charsianon: Recherches dans la région d’Akdagmadeni (Open in Zotero)
  • Charsianon-Kastron/Qal’ei Harsanos (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)